Society is the pretense that
we know as others know
what it is they think
and why they think it so
and Reason, oh, it's not a god
just a way of tracking fights;
arguments are wars, you see
and soldiers have no rights
new Facts are a bombardment
and cause people to entrench,
shouting at the whistling shells,
along the miles of fence
defending what they first believed;
and so our proposal's been
to douse them with new Facts
from battles not yet seen
carried on the wind
in from the fringe
consistency is what's smelt
when conspiracy is dealt
we know as others know
what it is they think
and why they think it so
and Reason, oh, it's not a god
just a way of tracking fights;
arguments are wars, you see
and soldiers have no rights
new Facts are a bombardment
and cause people to entrench,
shouting at the whistling shells,
along the miles of fence
defending what they first believed;
and so our proposal's been
to douse them with new Facts
from battles not yet seen
carried on the wind
in from the fringe
consistency is what's smelt
when conspiracy is dealt
and particularly Valerie Young and Brian Moen's reading of it
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