A vicious memory
underneath the places
where the acorn falls.
We learn of gravity
not from Newton
but chicken little.
We learn of rivers
not from Earth but
from gingerbread men.
We sink and fall
the ocean is too
dangerous.
On this flat Earth,
the mountains are
too sharp
And fear
dominates
the news.
It is why I don’t
leave the house
after dark.
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