"I should've written a poem
About your birthday, or science, or life
I really did try, but compliance, resistance, lack of persistance, consistently brought me down
I think I'll try now, to celebrate our commemoration, of machines, and learning and churning out the time,
evolution of the race, some at Pace, and CUNY, at UMSL, and too, even at Purdue
To write a poem for you Ron, I think it should be fun, capture the days we've run,
here and there doing science, with wine, and whiskey
I'll write a poem Ron, I hope you'll enjoy, but now is done."
- A Poem for Ron Levy, by Charles Brooks
March 27, 2023