Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
For being incorrect and insane,
Your ideas are shared commonly.
Perhaps you should have stuck with
Invertebrates and botany…
Despite common belief, you argued
That life was not fixed,
And that through observation of generations
They could see this.
Darwin had a great basis,
Thanks to you:
When an environment changes,
Organisms change, too.
But thoughts and theories once held true
Are often proven incorrect.
A giraffe cannot make its offspring taller
Just by straining its neck.
Something that once was widely liked
Is now seen as insanity.
Perhaps the search for definitive answers
Is really only vanity?
Copyright © Anna Wright | Year Posted 2016
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