Ode to Jeremy Wood

Our Jeremy Wood, to do some good
For VP Academic stood
He had a plan to fight the man
Whose market housing blights the land
To save the farm, to save the day
To save the overworked RA
But that's not all, he'd heed the call
To fight Johannes Rebane.

Our Jeremy Wood, misunderstood
By all the VFM who would
But mock his statements in debates
About how it discriminates
Against the foreign TA guy
To make him take the LPI
(At least he's not Johannes who
Would orally vet the TA crew).

Our Jeremy Wood did what he could
But still too blurred the issues stood
And recognizing this sad fact
He shut down his campaign, sacked
His candidate, and left the race
Pausing only to give a taste
Of venom to dear Rebane
And leaving him but two to face.

But Jeremy Wood's fan base withstood
All his flip-flops that it could
And inspired by this new support
He squinted in the distance short
And lo! priorities clear became
And Wood again put down his name
On VP Academic ballot
To fight Johannes and win fame.

Of Jeremy Wood, what really should
We expect when he's already good
At making our posts fun and easy
And Johannes' election breezy?
Perhaps he'll pull a Yian and stand
And ask for votes, laptop in hand
Perhaps he'll win, but I would bet
He'll count among the also-rans.

(Thanks to Gerald Deo for the picture!)