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So Many Lies
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Monday, September 14, 2015    Rated "G" by the Author.
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So Many Lies
By John Herlihy

When I wear a veil
I hide the lies.
When I wear a mask,
I tell lies.

When I stand in a pulpit
I proselytize,
When I look into fire,
I prophesize.

When I look in the mirror,
The mirror image tells lies.
When I make a confession,
I undo my lies.

When I speak to strangers,
They tell me lies.
When I speak to associates,
They lie like spies.

When I coo to infants,
They speak with their eyes.
When I speak to children,
They tell me white lies.

When I address teenagers,
They tell me grey lies.
When I speak to adults,
They tell me black lies.

When I buy something,
The advertisers lie.
When I read food labels,
The producers falsefy.

When I speak to loved ones,
There is no room for lies.
If you tell a lie,
Love flies from false sighs.

Lying begets more lies,
They become one big lie,
Lying is a beehive,
Each cell is a lie.

Lying is a broom,
It sweeps away truth.
Lying is like interest,
Lies compound more lies.

In the eyes of lying,
Truth is a lie.
In the face of Truth,
Lies die.

 

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 Reviews of "So Many Lies"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on September 15, 2015
Surely thought-provoking, John; and I'm afraid there is much truth to what you have expressed here about lies. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 15, 2015
Now I know clearly where lies lie. So many wonderful parallels: the beehive, sleeping clean, seeing it in the eyes, white, gray, and black--all describing lies.

Survival in nature does not tolerate lies. That's why we don't lie to our loved ones. Lying will not stave off hunger and thirst. Only positive action requiring more action than words. Lying to survive in that environment just doesn't work.

Ron

Reviewed by audrine max
Reviewed on September 14, 2015
They say we lie all the time unconsciously.. eradicating lies by facing the truth is a hard task to do.. But, we gotta try.. Well written poem.. Thank you for sharing this..

Reviewed on September 14, 2015
yes, we are all liars to keep Truth survived; full stop. the whole point is about a proportion of lie to truth, but at large the heart of the matter is the same: one cannot survive without another, it's as clear as day, . . to think another way is to deceive oneself with "so many lies." Cheers, alex

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on September 14, 2015
Ahhh . . . We're all liars I guess.


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