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Lies
by Philip F De Pinto
Lord knows
A huge fib
Has been perpetrated
On all of us
From the crib
On down
Lord knows
The nose
Only grows
In the telling of sooth
Not lies
Lord knows
We will take our truths to our graves
Not so our lies as their telling saves
Us great embarrassments
In cases where truth will not
Serve us well as ambassadors
As each lie has what it takes
To serve as surrogates for truth
Lord knows
We will take our truths to our graves
And may they rest in peace
Yes may they rest in peace
Even if we cannot
And whilst we live
May we have what it takes
to tell them
And still lies must be told for their own sake
And not simply in lieu of truths
For there is no telling what we'd do
If we did not have them ever at the ready
To use to tell somebody to go to hell
When we mean to send them to heaven
05/15/2015 Posted on 05/15/2015
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