A gorgeous little poem that takes Charles Darwin and his reputed love of stories as its starting point.

This symbol - one of the fathers of modern science, upholding the value of story as something vital, alongside the scientific fact of his work - presents questions about what truth is.

And asks us to consider whether truth is something more than just a collection of facts.

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