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A Scientist is Easily Distracted.


These 11 toes
are my favorites, I think
though your other foot
has a set just about as nice

Did you know that the early amphibians
didn't limit themselves to 4, 4, 5, 5
like their modern relatives?
those guys thought seven or eight
or more per foot were just fine
the better to grasp you with I suppose
turned out they were wrong,
just more toes to stub.

Horses had the right idea
one is plenty
if you don't have opposable thumbs