A Gesture in Remembrance of Galileo

Galileo explored a heliocentric universe
and knew it was more than just a theory
but the Catholic Church was quite terse
and proclaimed the whole concept bleary

Politicians equivocate global warming science
but truth exists in an obscure icon most bizarre
The Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence
preserves Galileo’s erect middle finger in a jar

The universe will ever spin for them blurred
who just dismiss all ideas that contradict status quo
A dead dismembered mathematician remembered
cannot convince them of truths all must know

Time and good science will someday prevail
Galileo’s hard fought lessons still linger
But when observation, logic and argument fail
the only thing left might be to show the finger

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