The Mandela Effect

Have you always thought that something was true And then find out that it wasn’t then There are beliefs of the masses found to be untrue Named after Nelson Mandela who spent 27 years in jail And was released in 1990 But people swear he died in prison in the 1980s Not becoming South African president in the 1990 The monocle of Mr Pennybags in Monopoly was never there And Darth Vader never said, “Luke, I am your father” Curious George never had a tail Mona Lisa does not have a frown but a smirk on her face The Evil Queen in Snow White Never said “Mirror Mirror on the wall” in the Disney toon Small things they all are when questioned But they become part of world culture. © Paul Warren Poetry