Ancient History

The ancients knew more

                          than we

                           usually

                       give them

                         credit for.

             What about,

                                  for

                          example,

                      that battery

                              found

                    I think it was

                         in Turkey

                          that was

So old?  Primitive

                  but still

                effective.

                               Or so

They say.

           And what about

                the pyramids, 

                along

The Nile

 And elsewhere?

                         And all

                  the myriad

                       of walls 

                          found

                all over

            the world

With a precision

Of construction

             unparalleled

               to

This day?

               Or a watch

               or its

              equivalent

                             …

There is a catch

To it all:

It is more likely

Than not

That we

Were they

     and thus building

Our civilization

On our own

Shoulders.

                   It's like

                      clock

                      work… 

                 Sing

             a song

     of sixpence,

   a pocket full

                     of

Wry.