The Knowledge
the hippocampus looks like a seahorse swimming
up to the cerebral cortex
and grows larger in the brains
of taxicab drivers
who, in London, must pass a test
The Knowledge
The Knowledge
which requires proficiency in the order of theatres
on Shaftesbury Avenue
and apprehension of which streets cross
which avenues where
but does not include training
in childbirth
though children sometimes decide to get
born in backseats
of taxicabs, and giraffe births invariably
occur
at first light
though not, to my knowledge
in automobiles.
