Confounded Experts For Joe Poewhit Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

An artefact of machined steel
found buried in a deep coal seam.
The experts say it can’t be real
it does not fit with their world scheme.

The all insist it cannot be.
Be cause the know they can’t explain
this very strange anomaly
and so they bury it again.

They hide it very carefully.
Conceal the fact that it exists
forget about it quietly.
But awkward objects will persist.

So in due course it surfaces
as it was always certain to.
The so called experts have to face
awkward questions asked anew.

They do not know but dare not say.
this artefact defies their skill
They still cannot explain away
the artefact and never will.

They lack all credibility
Their rigid minds so tightly closed
They can dismiss reality
when it is not as they supposed.

An ancient machined artefact
found buried deep in a coal seam
Preserved for ages quite intact
Confounds the experts it would seem.

03/06/2009
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