Superpowers Are Real

It's just that in this world, we don't usually think of them as superpowers, and don't usually use them for crimefighting. But here they are.

Poem: "(Un)Truths"

This poem came out of the April 7, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Shirley Barrette. It also fills the "Reality Is Illusion" square in my 3-16-15 card for the genprompt_bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.


"(Un)Truths"


It began with

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

and grew into a movement
that extends beyond fiction into fact.

Doublespeak is the matter-antimatter collision
of thought in which opposing ideas
react to obliterate logic.

It defines a world in which

Hate is love
Hope is despair
Reality is illusion

so that truths and untruths swirl
together and all things are subject to
interpretation, reinterpretation, subjugation.

It is a ship of fools ultimately destined
to runaground on one inescapable rock:

facts do not cease to be true just
because someone is refusing
to acknowledge their truth,

and reality is what remains
even if you disbelieve it.

* * *

Notes:

The three italicized lines come from the novel 1984.  The term doublespeak also derives from there, via the word doublethink used in the novel.

Poem: "The Rosetta Code"

This poem came out of the April 7, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from rix_scaedu. It also fills the "spring" square in my 9-1-14 card for the ladiesbingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to The Time Towers series, which you can find via the Serial Poetry page.

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Poem: "Cobble's Stones"

This poem came out of the April 7, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from zeeth_kyrah and LJ user The_vulture. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem belongs to the series Beneath the Family Tree, which you can find via the Serial Poetry page.

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