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“It follows from the fact that poets do not have knowledge of that about which they speak,
but aim to seem as though they do, and some listeners do not realize that poets lack
knowledge.” ~ http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/plato-and-the-poets/
A poet writes a line that sends hot ice
Across the scalp. The reader does not care
About some fact obscured. She wants a slice
Of thrill. It’s like a movie made to scare
Us. Horror is the point. We want a taste
Of love, a titbit on the tongue. Is that
So bad that Plato’s thinking has to waste
Itself condemning it? He spits his splat
Of thoughtful mucus on our human need
For entertainment. Plato did not know
Of screens in multiplexes. His slow speed
Imagined just one cave with walls which glow
With palest light and shadows in the mix,
A vision that Sony Pictures® can fix.