Cosmic Fear
“Sometimes people hold a
core belief that is very strong. When they are
presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new
evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is
extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it
is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize,
ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks
presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new
evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is
extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it
is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize,
ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks
Cosmic/Fear
Surprising
events
Washing away
Historical tide
The direction they
Wanted
Who knows
What
I am certain
Of
Cosmic Fear
***
Evaginate it
Looks
On plain
View
With finesse
Try to fluster
Looking
Like gnomic
To fluster
Us
Fact of
My
Our
People in
Every slot
Penetrating
Widening
Monotonous
Mathematic
Of ‘’Addition’’
Cosmic
Fear
***
Covering its
dwarf
Image with fake
Bloom
Concealing
His disgust
For us pretending
With his
Cosmic Fear
***
Tried to stride
Without
Any authority
Name himself
‘’King of kings’’
Gatecrash
Without peoples
Vote
Making us
Despondent
Taking away
Hope
With every
Paradox
In this 21st
Century
On planet earth
‘’Honouring’’
Trump ant eating
Testing Sugary
Donald With
Imperial Hijab
Cosmic Fear
Make us fear
The feathers
Useless Straw Cosmic Fear
***
Jumping oceans
Jumping oceans
Mountains hills
North-South
West-East
Middle-East
Circling the Globe
Selling us
For the
Highest Bidder
The merchant of
Venus
‘’Shrewd’’
Merchant
Testing the
Irony of cruelty
With the gold
‘’Gift’’
Gold Chain
Cosmic Fear!!!
Cosmic Fear!!!
Cosmic Fear!!!
***
By Yilma Tafere Tasew,
Sunday 2nd December 2018
Wellington, New Zealand
