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Poetry of Issue 9: Insight Out

Insight Out

The ostrich observed, with its head in the ground,

that the earth wasn’t flat but was 3D and round.

Far below, underfoot, although quite far away,

were oceans and continents in full display.

 

This magnificent dome on a giant rotunda

whose floor was concave also caused him to wonda

why those of short stature say what they observed

was a surface beneath them that’s flattened, not curved.

 

Perhaps if their heads were pulled out of those places

where sunlight and truth were obscured from their faces

they’d see both the light and the shadows which show

there is much more to earth than what they seem to know.

 

Philosophical dreams which they’ve given wide berth

have a dearth of the wonders of heaven and earth.

 

by Ken Gosse

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