The Hood — by Dr. Theresa Cunanan, Division of Arts and Languages

The Hood

Is the neighbour
Is the camaraderie
Is the free rider

That which looks hip
Only if the pants are baggy
And the white shoes dirty
With the tilt of the head
In a signature swag
Under the baseball cap

False-
Disguised in AI
Becomes truth
That scores an A
For Artificial.
Intelligence?

With a huff and a puff
They’ll blow your house down.
Strongly disagree
Neutral Neutral Neutral
Whose score is it now? Smirk; Straw; Sticks
And only bricks strongly agree

Blue for Humanities
Gold for Sciences
The hood
The mortarboard
The bricklayer

In shades that tone to colour of oneness
Hiding hues
The Powder Puff Girls, complete with compact
Blossoms petal after petal
Bubbles in excitement or bursts in glee
Buttercup to graduate

For new beginnings.