Facts Or Fictions

Headline news proclaims disasters Man made climate change the fear But fewer die now, caused by weather Death rates falling year by year There are data that are false There are data that are true There are data that have little Effect on me and you All white people deeply racist Causing darker folks to cower Once a fact of observation Now a myth some use for power There are data that some use to play upon our fears That when they are viewed, apply Not to now but yesteryears Hockey stick of global warming Caused by man’s CO2 burst? Cause/ effect turned on its head It was warming that came first There are data that seem crazy Giving logic an affront When inspected it turns out The events were back to front Teenage girl uneducated Filled with arrogance and rage Says to all the world: “How dare you!!” And is treated as a sage There are data well reported As important in what’s what But we find out when we look That they matter not a jot Portrayed as a white supremacist ‘Ain’t black’ with points he made But look there at his photo Face a rich and dusky shade When the data is presented You’ll reach wrong conclusions, doubt If the information given Leaves important factors out If you always would speak sooth That you may be forever right You neglect the greater truth Total right is out of sight Reason is not binary But of infinite degree