"Je pense, donc Je suis",
Said Descartes on his mother's knee;
He spoke Latin not, 'cause
He was just a tot.

"I think, therefore I am",
He said while in the pram;
His mama called him Spud, 'cause
He played in the mud.

"Cogito, ergo sum" -- then
Flowed from his plume;
Latin did come later
For this common tater.