Behold the mighty dinosaur, <br />Famous in prehistoric lore, <br />Not only for his weight and length, <br />But for his intellectual strength. <br />You will observe by these remains <br />The creature had two sets of brains, <br />The one in his head, the usual place, <br />The other at his spinal base. <br />Thus he could reason a priori <br />As well as a posteriori. <br />No problem bothered him a bit, <br />He made both head and tail of it. <br />So wise he was <br />So wise and solemn <br />Each thought filled just a spinal column. <br />If one brain found the pressure strong, <br />It passed a few ideas along. <br />It something slipped the forward mind <br />’Twas rescued by the one behind. <br />And if in error he was caught <br />He had a saving afterthought. <br />As he thought twice before he spoke <br />He had no judgment to revoke. <br />For he could think without congestion <br />Upon both sides of every question. <br />O gaze upon this noble beast, <br />Defunct ten million years at least.<br /><br />Bert Leston Taylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-riddle-of-the-dinosaur/
