Yes but has anyone tested it lately? <br />(Or Him. Or Her?) <br /> <br />Well, wouldn’t you get fed up? <br />You’ve sat there, haunched, <br />for tens of thousands of years, <br />all your friends have long ago gone <br />to that place you could tell tourists about <br />if they only asked <br /> <br />but no, they take photographs of you <br />or pay over the odds for them, <br />make silly rude comments <br />about your missing nose, <br /> <br />concoct theories about the Pyramids, <br />eat fast food, Nile style, which goes through fast, <br />and you’ve waited all that time <br />for even a half-decent question <br />which could pass on the wisdom of ages, <br />hit the Nile on the head, <br />restore civilisation to its true stature, <br />questions that didn’t arise <br />when the pyramids were being built <br />since they reckoned <br />they knew the answers <br /> <br />like, how did it all begin? or <br />have you allowed for the precession of the Poles? or <br />where do your builders go <br />on the days they’re not here with you?<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thinks-sphinx/
