Philosophers Feast

Philosophers Feast

If Hegel brought some bagels

And Descartes brought some toast

If Socrates brought a salad

Which would they like most?

If Aristotle brought a bottle  

Of really fine champagne

They’d all be making merry

And surely raising Cain

If Hobbes brought the lobster

And Voltaire brought some veal

Wouldn’t that be scrumptious

Now I’d call that a meal

If Plato brought tomatoes

That came straight off the vine

And Leibniz brought a case

Of chilled Riesling wine

If Pythagoras some pears

And Nietzsche brought some peaches

That he got from who knows where

If Avicenna brought some apricots

And Ibn Gabirol brought some grapes

To make a full fruit basket

What a dish that would make!

If Emerson brought some barbecue

And Krishnamurti brought some Coke

And Kierkegaard brought the lime juice

And also told the jokes

If Confucious brought some juices

And Lao Tzu brought some lox

And Ram Dass brought some donuts

That filled a great big box…

What a feast would be forthcoming 

With those of mental might

Sharing stellar thoughts

While eating their fill

Well into that blessed night!