O Tell Me The Truth

a Nod to WH Auden

Some say Science is absurd

And some say it’s The Word

Some say it shows how the world goes round

Some say it just occurred.

And when I asked the EPA

Who looked as if they knew

The Prez got very cross indeed

And said it wouldn’t do.

Does it look like global warming?

Or a bear on crumbling ice?

Does it smell like we’re measuring methane?

Or cuddling chimera mice?

Is it as exciting as Twitter?

Or boring as half-hearted defiance?

Does it taste sweet or seem bitter?

O, Tell Me the Truth About Science!

Will our history books whisper of it?

(The ones that are left unburned.)

Will Facebook exalt and revere it?

(If a few faces remain unturned.)

Will Alternative Facts rule the Future?

A Rogue NASA and Alt Parks alliance?

Is Rogue POTUS Staff in the know?

O, Tell Me the Truth About Science!