288 - Most of my thought's been thought and thought before

Most of my thought’s been thought and thought before,
By chimps, Neanderthals and cavemen too,
For millions of years, not just through the door
Of time, but beyond far horizon’s view.
It’s being thought right now in Timbuktu
By somebody who can be quite a bore,
Content to look and listen, mull and chew,
To wonder, ponder, include and ignore.
It will be thought again, of that I’m sure,
By later models of the brain I wore,
Who, like Columbus, think they are first to
Discover some, in fact, well-trodden shore.
I’m neither first nor last in this great queue
Of creatures wondering what they’re here for.
Tue 19 June 2007