What if everything we believe is wrong,
heliocentric or geocentric,
a flat earth versus a spherical one,
theoretical models appear strong
initially, until a shift in thought,
for technology brings forth eccentric
engineering, discoveries hard won,
virtual reality would seem strange
even one century ago, we bought
reality as a blip on a screen,
yet, nobody knows what the future holds,
that "metaphysics is dead" causes spleen
however inconsequential, that scolds
ingenious thinkers forced to rearrange
notions of reality as useless
games, thought experiments, with no future,
welcome to the present moment, the same
exact situation, I must confess,
before we found ourselves within a loop,
engaged in viewing through an aperture
lessons in authority as a game,
if everything is wrong, what could be right,
even a basketball game with one hoop,
veritably, half-court still appears real,
everyone wins if we enjoy the sport,
if games are about names and how shoes feel
still the idea where we use half a court
wins for ingenuity, half the fight,
reason is easy to question, to know
only as Socrates said, we know nought,
noble Plato put words in his mouth, caught
giving lessons to students just for show.
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