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DON’T LISTEN TO THE FACT CHECKERS! — a poem

Jon Ward
1 min readFeb 11, 2021

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It takes so damn long!

to figure out what’s right

what’s up, what’s down

but I don’t trust other people’s data or opinions

my dentist told me I had a cavity

maybe he just wants some extra cash

you can get a mouth mirror on Amazon

stainless steel — only $4.90!

I took a look inside

didn’t see much

found a video on YouTube

to see what real cavities look like

a week later my mouth hurt

but that dentist isn’t trustworthy

so I shelled out some real money

bought a drill — I could do this myself

ended up in the emergency room

but I don’t regret it

who knows what would have happened

if I’d listened to that blood-sucking dentist

plus, now that I’m home recovering

i’m getting into buying stocks

lots of time to do my own research

think I’m gonna hit it big

my cousin told me to be careful

but what does he know?

since he’s a stockbroker

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