RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: ON TYRANNY
Objective Truth
“Post
truth is pre fascism.” – Timothy Snyder *
In the absence of objective truth
We reside in a world of fantasy
We imagine what we want to be
And invent our own reality
In the absence of objective truth
We are islands in an endless sea
Without connection to our fellow beings
All alone without friends or family
If we accept objective truth
We find a basis to communicate
Objective facts and causal reasons
Things we can substantiate
If we are free to fantasize
About the present and the past
Then we will talk and never listen
And our connections will not last
* From On Tyranny (Tim Duggan Books)
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