Geoffrey Brewer Poet Rhyme

Everyone Knows

EVERYONE KNOWS

Everybody knew that the earth was flat
There were lots of bumps so not flat as all that
Though ships seemed to sink out of sight in the distance
They would come back with reassuring persistence
But everyone agreed from the peasant to The Crown
Clearly up was up and down was down

They all knew that the earth was the Centre, the middle
Sun and stars all around, it couldn’t play second fiddle
Galileo demurred; didn’t fit his equations
But revised his opinion on powerful persuasions
So reality continued to veer from the actual
‘Till they could not deny all the evidence factual

The theories of Galen from centuries ago  
Said blood moved in the body by ebb and by flow
Then Harvey discovered the blood’s circulation
Requiring that science give reconsideration
Though facts showed that Galen’s old theory was failin’
Some proclaimed that they would rather err with old Galen

Now everyone knows climate’s in bad transformation
Based mainly on computer model simulation
CO2 is now villain and viewed as a bane
Yet the plants and the trees relish more of the same
We are told it is true, scientists agree far and wide
Like when Earth was flat, and blood moved with the tide

But science is dominant, and considered unmalleable
Except that the scientists are human and fallible
Just like all human race they have weakness, will amend a
Set of data not fitting their venal agenda
Use your eyes, beware those things everyone knows
In a trice could be gone like the yesteryear snows

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P.S. Awtry February 20, 2019 at 9:18 AM Wow! So glad I found this! The "facts" shouted and quoted in goose-stepping marches never mention the lengthy footnotes and margins of error... And scientists aren't scientists unless they agree regardless their research forget their degree (that one's for free). The quote at the beginning is chilling...probably the reason the founders of this nation were wary of pure democracy.

Maria Williams March 23, 2018 at 8:33 AM There is a group who have come back to the 'flat earth theory' - I'm not one of them. A very clever write Geoffrey...Maria Ps - I've written a prequel to Passion in Black and white which you liked. Geoffrey Brewer April 10, 2018 at 3:23 PM Thank you, Maria. I have now read your passionate prequel. Very impressed.

Susan Gentry March 20, 2018 at 8:34 AM Interesting write. Enjoyed reading. Clever rhymes. Thought provoking. Geoffrey Brewer March 20, 2018 at 2:13 PM Thank you, Susan

Silent One March 15, 2018 at 6:54 AM You make some valid points, I personally do not think he Earth is flat, but that is the beauty of opinion.. Great poem, thought provoking.. Geoffrey Brewer March 15, 2018 at 12:21 PM Nor do I. That was yesterday’s ‘knowledge’. Thanks for your feedback, Silent One.

Caren Krutsinger March 15, 2018 at 5:43 AM Everyone knew the earth was flat. What a tremendously smart beginning. If this doesn't make them think, nothing will. Use your eyes, and beware of things everyone knows. What an intelligent poem! Thank you! Geoffrey Brewer March 15, 2018 at 6:04 AM Thank you for your thoughtful and kind appreciation, Caren. It is gratifying to know of some consideration of the ideas I tried to express.