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Posted On: October 15th 2026, 01:51 am
POEM 4/56 • TEPID.
ACT I: THE WATER CHANGED
THE WATER KNOWS. THE STONE REMEMBERS. 🌊
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Sea-goat believes that’s
the very first thing
The ocean misunderstood.
An assumption the ocean
swam with,
To justify the ocean’s rising
flood.
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Five lines doing a lot of work.
Because sometimes the problem isn’t just that somebody makes an assumption.
It’s what happens afterward when everything else gets interpreted through it.
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Once the ocean decides what the sea-goat is, every new wave can be used as proof that the original assumption must have been right.
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And that is how a bad premise starts building its own flood.
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Tepid. is poem 4 of 56 from The Water Knows. The Stone Remembers.
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🌊 Follow for Poem 5/56: Forecast
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🎬 The complete 49-minute film with all six parts is already on YT through the link in my BI-0.
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✍️ Petition + GFM are there too.
If you’ve ever watched one assumption become the lens through which everything else was judged, share this one.
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#SpokenWordPoetry #WorkplaceCulture #Bias #PoetryTok #TheWaterKnows
ACT I: THE WATER CHANGED
THE WATER KNOWS. THE STONE REMEMBERS. 🌊
-
Sea-goat believes that’s
the very first thing
The ocean misunderstood.
An assumption the ocean
swam with,
To justify the ocean’s rising
flood.
-
Five lines doing a lot of work.
Because sometimes the problem isn’t just that somebody makes an assumption.
It’s what happens afterward when everything else gets interpreted through it.
-
Once the ocean decides what the sea-goat is, every new wave can be used as proof that the original assumption must have been right.
-
And that is how a bad premise starts building its own flood.
-
Tepid. is poem 4 of 56 from The Water Knows. The Stone Remembers.
-
🌊 Follow for Poem 5/56: Forecast
-
🎬 The complete 49-minute film with all six parts is already on YT through the link in my BI-0.
-
✍️ Petition + GFM are there too.
If you’ve ever watched one assumption become the lens through which everything else was judged, share this one.
-
#SpokenWordPoetry #WorkplaceCulture #Bias #PoetryTok #TheWaterKnows
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3 days agoxavierbotanic
The dangerous part of an assumption is not always the assumption itself; It’s how easily everything afterward can get bent into “proof” of it. - Share this with someone who has watched one wrong idea become an entire narrative. - 🎬 Full 49-minute film is already on YouTube.
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