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# Wisdom of the Ancients
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/wisdom-of-the-ancients/
- Published: 2026-01-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: As to the wisdom of the ancients: Beware the Romans and the Greeks.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

As to the wisdom of the ancients:  
Beware the Romans and the Greeks.

So says my artificial sentience,  
the common wisdom of all geeks.

And as to why beware this wisdom…

Is it to coddle or appease them?  
Those who would claim that it is spent  
and we had better all repent?

Is there, perhaps, a different reason?  
That having grown a bit too wise,  
wants a monopoly — surprise!  
on wisdom, as it plots its treason,  
us none the wiser of the act…

Still thinking opposites attract.

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