It's very easy to admit
You have more than a little bit
Of problem with your maths, and yet
There is no way that you would let
The knowledge that your spelling's bad
Get out at any price.

It's sad
To say this, but we know
That spelling well just doesn't show
Intelligence, for any fool
Can learn to spell in infant school -
Given the chance.

For reasons why
Some don't achieve this we should try
Examining the wider picture,
Which would make our theory richer.

As well as this, though, we should learn
How negative it is to spurn
A person (just as though he smells)
Simply because of how he spells.

Spelling is spelling, nothing more.
It isn't "authorship" and nor
Does it equate to writing; it
Isn't wisdom, truth or wit.

It is an unimportant skill,
A simple, boring memory drill;
Nothing to do, as you can see,
With art, or creativity.

Writing that's beautiful, or true,
Has its influence on you
Not, for heaven's sake, because
Of how the bloody spelling was!