Love, Loss & RelationshipPoetry

Ultracrepidarian Love Lost

By 3 September 2025July 27th, 2026No Comments1 min read
A distressed man with his head in his hands by a window, while an angry woman stands behind him.

Ultracrepidarian

A playful love poem about the frustration—and strange attraction—of being trapped in conversation with someone who believes they know everything.


You never listen,
Spouting knowledge endlessly,
She sighs once again.

You’ve become Apollo!
As if you have seen it all.
Wisdom rolls its eyes.

Illimitable debates,
Arguments warped by your ego.
She buries her face.

Law, art, life, and space—
Ultracrepidarian.
Darling. Must you roar?

Even your turpitude
Twists me pliant in your orbit.
I tried to stay.

A black man with his arms outstretched for balance stands atop a very tall, precarious stack of books. The background is solid white.


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