The Future in the Making

Simultaneous writing and drawing, ooh da Vinci Master of everything, claiming "itsa cinchi" Painter of the last supper and the Mona Lisa Born 279 years after they built the tower of Pisa Now da Vinci left lots of tasks undone Just theorising flight was enough fun Mirror writing, clever code Class that doesn't age or grow old And first to notice the unmoving sun What was it like to be a renaissance man Thinking things like no one else can An illigitimate child, accepted into the fold Still the detail of his life has never been told