Anecdote

You were desperate for a cure/ At first you weren’t sure/ So you got the testimonials/ You didn’t see the burials/

The people you met were honest
And their words were so earnest
Who arranged the meeting?
Who set out the seating?

Count the hits not the misses
Self-deceived we bear witness
We all do it you know
Get gulled by the show
Doubts we try to mask
Questions are hard to ask
Who arranged the meeting?
Who set out the seating?

Knowing this we still fall
For the trick one and all
When there is not antidote
We grasp the anecdote
And trust what we hear
Skepticism lost to fear
Who arranged the meeting?
Who set out the seating?