all is bias
(all is leaning)

the eyes are too big
in
the portrait
but
everything is bias
everyone

we lean
as the body’s not symmetric
neither are we
in
our views and
causes

and this is what we have
with
no objectivity
rather
wondrous in diversity

no weight to give to false claims
of
reference or authority based
on who we’re not
and
how the world
isn’t

find and claim
our bias
let it matter
then
together
all our views with all our
angles
add up to three-sixty of a planet
of ourselves

and
yes
to know the cosmos better
in the health of all
pluralities
nothing to win
or lie

rather
let an honest process have us understand
express
and progress
toward what’s distinct
and
what’s the same in
us
as
well
everything


when bias is applied

of course
to gain points
or
win the day
we could lie about our biases

	to say
	I’m with you when
	not

as in
politics
or the political
way
to accomplish
anything

until it changes is made
up
and for a style of
lies


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photograph by Juan Cruz Mountford at Unsplash