Reality Bites

From Socrates to Aristotle --
and this might be the key to Locke --
reality is half the battle,
so as I labor to unlock,
and paint myself a better picture,
whether of Marx -- yes, Karl -- or Nietzsche,
but no Immanuel, no Kant,
as far from Plato as a plant,
and neither Qiu or Epicurus,
indulgent with the worst of you,
confusing Yue Fu with haiku
neither philosopher can cure us
from thinking we're not in the know,
and all of this is just for show.