Conjuring
It was written in stone, on clay tablets, papyrus,
parchment, linen, paper, plastic and in bits and bauds,
paintings, glyphs, of successful kills on cave walls,
accounts kept of possessions traded in simple stalls.
Bragging of emperors, kings and warlords of battles won.
Pronouncements of prophets, soothsayers, philosophers,
gurus, clairvoyants, preachers and influencers under the sun.
Putting words to what passed down verbally generations had done.
History written by those and for those only in control,
those written by opponents destroyed in the flaming toll,
that has taken more lives down through the ages,
than famines, pestilences, disasters in their deadly role.
Countless have read and reread the old documents,
coming to new conclusions to meet their current needs.
Conjurers continually stirring the pot to turn it their way,
while so many on the receiving end of injustice, bleeds.
Scribe Writing or Copying Papers and Books for the Pope Courtesy Commons.Wikimedia.org
Throughout pre-history (unwritten) and history those
in charge of creating information, whether it be true
or not, have controlled the unread and the 90% who just
follow. Trusted sources are those who are on the scene
information that can be scientifically verified, and
most of all, immediately corrected when found in mis-
take. Those that defend mistaken information, are try-
ing to dupe you. Repetition of the same information
over and over tends to hardwire the brain to misinformation.
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