flatten that notion

privileged to watch the sun wander

across the horizon, going south

for the winter and north in spring

as well as overhead to mark the day

but i understand the concept

of earth wobble to crate the seasons

i twist my left fist toward my right

to grasp earth rotating on its axis

mental pictures help comprehend

when bare sight tells me the earth is flat

unlike the three monkeys

unlike the three monkeys

we have not well shut

our mouths from speaking evil

but we have blinded and deafened

ourselves to the daily unwelcome

and all-too-often peril lived

by more than half our fellow

human beings