Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Piltdown Man

Charles Dawson became famous for
Discovering the missing link
Between humans and apes of yore.
But now he's famous for hoodwink.
At Piltdown pit, a skull he "found,"
That got renowned as "Piltdown Man."
But really chimpanzee teeth ground
With the jaw of orangutan,
Stuck in a human skull to fool
The world for decades as a hoax.
This only goes to prove the rule -
Tiz not too hard to fool "smart" folks.

Inside of Dawson's skull there be
The thought of prize skullduggery.