To Know Not To Know Shows



People everywhere making up stuff,
Just to have a truth to crush.
And leaving everyone to distrust,
All...
Reality!

Few today care about others.
And observed to keep...
To their selfish selves.
Yet will spread every rumor and lie.
Heard to hear.
Fearing and threatened when truth is near.

To know not to know shows,
People will follow deceivers...
Who delude.
People will defy and deny,
Anything...
That is true!

Are we,
Caught up and addicted to fraud.
Are we,
Caught up and drugged on fiction.
Are we,
Rule obeyers and lawbreakers...
Determined to have that depiction!

To know not to know shows,
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love.
And crave.
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love,
Everyday!
To know but not to know shows,
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love.
And crave.
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love,
Everyday!
But to know,
Not to know it shows!

People everywhere making up stuff.
To know not to know it shows.
People everywhere want truth to crush.
To know this not to know it shows.

People are their own enemies made.
To know this not to know it shows,
Truth to have it real is disbelieved!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on November 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:18 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abcxd exxfxx Gexfxx DxDhDeh GIJIKgIJIKxg AgbG xGc
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,118
Words 259
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 6, 7, 12, 4, 3

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