Facts jumble up inside our heads like
Jelly beans on a trampoline
And once facts have leaped from
Here to there, guess what layers up?
Mythology, and once
Mythology makes mincemeat of facts
Few may recall how much
The truth matters to peace of mind for
One and all
Paraphrasing Wikipedia:
Sullivan’s Show of Shows
Was the first show that
Televised The King on national TV
Whoops! Glancing back at
The previous statement
One word is missing, which
In its absence, transforms
Truth into fiction—so
Before moving on
Let’s each take a moment to plug that
Missing puzzle piece into its proper place
Ah! That feels better!
Wouldn’t it be great if retrieving
Missing puzzle pieces, buried subconsciously
Proved that Easy Peasy!
“Elvis mythology states that Sullivan censored Presley by only shooting him from the waist up. Sullivan may have helped create the myth when he told TV Guide, ‘as for his gyrations, the whole thing can be controlled with camera shots.’ In truth Presley's whole body was shown in the first and second shows.”
While considering the statement directly above
I came to see that my brain sure did fool me!
Though I’d watched Elvis perform on Ed’s
Show of Shows, I’d believed the myth about
TV cameras having been focused above his waist
Over most of my life
And thus has today’s train of thought
Illustrated sound reason to suggest that
Your intuitive inner spy may be
As inclined as mine to feel need to
Dive into the deep end of your mind from
Time to time so as to spotlight
Missing puzzle pieces, which
Upon being plugged back into
The true story of your life, will expand
The bigger picture in ways that naturally
Brighten a portion of your self image, which
Had darkened when you were too young to
Think clearly and objectively for
Yourself about yourself
If we stop to reflect for one more moment
About those two statements, concerning
Elvis and Ed, we can see how easily
Fact transforms into fiction with
The elimination of
Just one not so insignificant word
At this point, you might like to state that
Neither of those discrepancies matter, today
However, what does matter as
Time marches on is the attitude that
We choose to employ upon
Growing aware of the fact that
Our best character traits have been
Slandered by a person whose narrow minded
Egocentric focus has perceived that he or she
Has something to gain by causing us pain
Just ask Simba—he knows of what I speak
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