Verisimilitude Is Incredibly Rare

Verisimilitude is incredibly rare.

Verisimilitude is incredibly rare
Insofar as the convictions
You’re liable to find
Are not reliable.

I know a guy 
Who says his kids are geniuses 
Failed by the system

But when confronted
With a real genius
Whom the system demonstrably failed
He changes his tune.

So that’s a little of what experiencing
Public discourse
Is like.

But I suppose
It’s rare
Because it’s also 
Incredibly difficult 
To have the courage
Of your convictions.

So you state what you think is right
And don’t care if you prove yourself wrong.

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