scientists

of the early scientists
there are some whose names we know
some who learned and shared
without any degree
or publication
some who taught
and never saw
their field or thoughts
as territory

we know of Newton
and the falling apple
of Thoreau and his pond
Carver with
an endless list
of the agricultural and other gifts
of peanuts

western scientific method
has several steps
but many of those folk
whose efforts we admire
focus on the first step
as though it were the only:
observe
observe
observe
then, there are those folk
and other kin
who just live fully
without pencil or notes
the great puzzle of life