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11/11/2024 for Counterintuitive Poetry Contest sponsored by Suzette Richards

I Don't Know Now

As a lad four years old,
I knew what I could see,
and I knew what I was told...
and that was reality.
Then something popped that balloon -
appearances might lie.
It was a TV cartoon -
a mirage tricks the eye.

As a teen in junior high,
I found we only see 
what sends photons flying by 
in wavelengths we can see.
Our brain then does translation
into what we perceive.
Our brain's representation
is what we believe.

Now, I'm older than a hill,
and everyone knows what's true.
Reality they distill 
and impart to me and you.
Society and politics?
They'll tell you for free,
Maybe we're all dumb as bricks,
and see what we want to see?
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Greenhough Avatar
November 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
A good poem. I'll keep my eyes wide open. Thank you for this statement.
Crandall Avatar
November 12, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Thanks Hilda!
Jones Avatar
November 11, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Great poem and thought provoking David!
Crandall Avatar
November 11, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Thanks Karen!
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