What a Tangled Web We Weave

You seemed so harmless and small at the time, a simple means of avoiding an inconvenience. Afterwards, I breathed a sigh of relief and went on my merry way. I gave you little thought--for a while. You were supposed to be the only one. Now I'm nervously working on number 4, which is neither harmless nor small, feeling guilty and wondering when this nightmarish chain reaction will end. Each time I try to extract myself from this tangled mess, the need to get "creative" arises again! Will there be a number 5? a number 6? How many have made use of you, the "little white lie," through the ages--only to learn how BIG you really are? January 22, 2018, entered in SKAT A's Premiere Contest 15 January 30, 2019, entered in Maureen McGreavy's Pithy Pants Contest