Evolutionary Corners

Suppose the human species will not make it,

That we shall go extinct, as odds would have.

Knowing so, we should think around a corner,

Preparing for the next intelligence;

Not just one corner, but a maze in time,

Like a mouse will run, a maze in time.

We should leave artifacts, time capsules for

The species which may naturally arise.

Be sure, it will have ears and eyes, it will

Have mental acumen like yet unlike

Our own. We must leave what we know for them,

Our evolutionary cousins, who

Will come when we are gone, so they may start

A further place along, an evolution

In consciousness, beyond biology,

A few hints in the maze of mammal feet.

                                                                                    KLK