This is a poem and a video written by Jose G in October 2018 at a Fake News Poetry Workshop at Poets of Course.
This and other poems from “My Phone Lies to Me” (punctum books, 2022), will be read at a 2025 Fake News Poetry Reading celebrating truth, science, Latin/x people, and more given that this is a second 100 days of lies and fear.
March 14, 10:15 am – 12 pm EST, on ZOOM
Invite for Zoom event is here! https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=1261311138569
Science is Real
Science is challenged by religious people
they have their own ideas about science
That is not fact, it’s fiction
Science is challenged by politicians.
They deny science,
that global warming is real.
They wants to destroy the planet,
make money,
they don’t care about the future.
Science is challenged by stupid people
who think the Earth is flat.
Old science stupidity
You try to explain the fact,
they don’t want to believe it.
The proof is in the pudding
My science is challenged by people that are too stubborn to understand
I am not stupid
I am a smart person
I am not a rare unicorn
“Oh my God A Latino person who is smart!”
“Oh my God! A disabled person who is smart!”
I have a disability, I am not stupid
-José G.
More about the workshop and Poets of Course where this and other work was written.