Ned the Nerd Gets the Last Laugh

The race doesn't always go to the swift.

Ned the Nerd Gets the Last Laugh

 

By Elton Camp

 

Ned is one of the smartest boys in his school

But he is often the subject of scorn or ridicule

Although what others may think he doesn’t care

And he acts like those who hate him aren’t there

 

Ned is often bullied and is quite socially isolated

Very few, if any, are the girls that he has ever dated

A boy so thin as to set off very serious health alarms,

He wears his pants pulled way up high under his arms

 

To get along with others he seldom seriously tries

And wears thick glasses that are greatly oversize

Ned has protectors inserted into his shirt pockets

And knows about math, science and space rockets

 

The usual guy-things Ned doesn’t want to hear

About sports or their progress with their latest dear

When there’s something academic they need to know

Both boys and girl know that to Ned is where they go

 

Good looks and athletic ability after a while will fade

But one with Ned’s intelligence may still have it made

And long-term good things it certainly does seem

Don’t always go to the captain of the football team