Actually Factual

What is actually factual?
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Drum roll please………..
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A :  Nothing
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If, as we are told
Or led to believe or
Read in a book somewhere
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That everything is
Made up of atoms
With protons and neutrons
Encircling a nucleus
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That those atoms are
The building blocks
Of matter or air
(Visible and invisible)
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Not to mention that those
Are made up of subatomic
Particles, quarks and neutrinos
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Yet come together consistently
In definite recognizable patterns
Noticeable in observations or
When knocking on wood
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Warmed and illuminated by
Nuclear explosions billions
Of times millions of miles away
Light illuminating our perceptions
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Hint (the “wood” isn’t really there)
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Likewise understanding how a
Camera lens works the image is
Inverted working like your eyes
Making everything you see……
Upside down………sleep tight
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In dreamland where your
Opinions are always right
Your beliefs are concrete
Facts are known to you
Because, well, just because
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Knowing all that without proof
Of UFO’s or an afterlife
How you got here or
Where you are going
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One must contemplate
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Why are so many people
Willing to hang their hat on
A political ideology or a
Religious indoctrination
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If in its base form is still
Just whizzing around at
Improbable impossible speeds
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Alternating back and forth
Between waves and particles
Depending on when it is
Coincidentally observed
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When broken down to the
Basis making it up is when
You realize it is all “made-up”
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“And That’s the Truth”

“Pblblthhhh”

– Lily Tomlin