Embellishing the Facts
(Xenography)
From Hami (China), so newspapers say,
A mighty whirlwind – like invisible
Great hand! – snatched thirteen children from their school
And, with a strength quite irresistible,
Transported them a dozen miles away;
Then dropped them down unhurt, (incredible!),
Upon a desert plain.
Papers are full
Of statements that baldly relate as certain facts
What, retrospectively, are proved invented tracts.
Most of the world’s mythologies have shewn,
Throughout mankind’s existence, some event
Is metamorphosed from banality
Into symbolic mystery where, blent
With psychic skill, at length it’s overthrown
The bounds of provenance or accident
Or plain veracity.
Though we should be
Strong sceptics of what seem implausible reports,
We should allow our minds scope for transcendent thoughts.
Creative souls will always try to trace
Patterns in life, the universe and things
Beyond the understandings of their sense,
Through explanations for the varyings
Of cultural experience and race.
Imaginative speculation brings
Enrichment of the mind.
Magnificence
Embellishes the fabric of dull history
When facts are flexed by inspiration’s conjury.
