Manipulate

MANIPULATE

-verb

1. (trans.) to handle or use, especially with some skill, in a process or action

2. to negotiate, control, or influence (something or someone) cleverly, skilfully, or deviously

3. to falsify (a bill, accounts, etc.) for one's own advantage

4. Physiotherapy . to examine or treat manually, as in loosening a joint

Where we are manipulated

Into thinking

Of geometry as a child’s play

(Yet even he looks puzzled)