Flatalish



I’ve been told “don’t be so bold as to break the mold

Lest you be shunned by the fold and left out in the cold.”

I don’t like the sound of “the earth being round”

And I doubt I’m a “flatalist” so just call me “flatalish.”


“Spherical earth” is like a mystery that I just can’t believe

Unless I’m the man on the moon and the earth I can see.

Gazing from the moon, earth may appear “flatalish” to me.

Be it theoretical or empirical are both earth and moon spherical?

I could try to fly through the sky like astronauts do

And orbit ‘round each disc a time and two

But a trip in my easy chair is the best I can do.


Perhaps manned space travel was born of such debt

That it was masterfully produced on a Hollywood set.

Like Thomas the Doubter I tend to agree,

It’s hard to believe in what you can’t see.


© David Girard 01/03/19

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