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Friday, 20 November 2020

Faith

Faith

Unknown where it comes from

Unbidden, worm-weaving

Inside hidden potential

Tendrils snaking into the crevices

Invading cells

And filling holes we did not even know we had

Casting a lifeline to the drowning

Helping the hopeless

Distracting the deluded

Succouring the simple-minded

With the power of anecdote

The personal testimonial

And imbuing simple correlations

Between unrelated phenomena

With the power of mystery and magic

Quasi-scientific language

Image and advertising

Belying of belief

Trading on trust

And the gap of gullibility

 

 Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2020

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