Somebody's Been Telling Stories

Rationalization is something

folks like to be using

when the facts

of the matter

are outright refusing

to support

the way

they think

things ought to be

and way down deep

it's the only way that they see

that the world that's around them

keeps turning

their minds goes on burning

denying further learning

for they know they cannot be wrong

and they've been right all along

so they make up a story

to restore personal glory

and avoid the disgrace

in an attempt to save face

when they see in their mind

and they realize and find

they've been mistaken

that they were wrong

all along