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A Lie Is a Try

A lie is a try at superiority An attempt to hide insecurity What it seeks to conceal it reveals

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Ann Foster

Date: 5/24/2022 2:42:00 PM

Wisdom... is so few words. Excellent work. Ann

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/24/2022 1:20:00 PM

Lies are hard; who can remember them? I can't.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/24/2022 2:06:00 PM

You can't remember lies. Our Presidents can't remember the truth... Oh, well...

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 5/23/2022 12:24:00 AM

A lie is always a lie. I liked your rhyme, Gershon. That's the truth.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/23/2022 5:06:00 PM

Ha, ha. Glad you came around to the truth, Shirley! Cheers, Gershon

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 5/22/2022 9:24:00 PM

A lie self destructs. Brilliant writing, Gershon.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/23/2022 5:06:00 PM

The problem with a lie is he who tells it tries to justify...

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/22/2022 3:42:00 PM

Truth in all…lol! Often, too, a gruff response! All sorts of ways to attempt to control.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/22/2022 5:45:00 PM

Yeah. It is a control thing, isn't it?! Thanks for the insight, Kim. :)

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/22/2022 10:30:00 AM

Absolutely true, gw.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/22/2022 5:44:00 PM

Absotively, posilutely! :)

Paulette Calasibetta

Date: 5/22/2022 8:06:00 AM

How true your rhyme....what is desperately being concealed is furtively revealed. Great Write! :)Paulette

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/22/2022 5:44:00 PM

Your comment is better than my poem. Wonderful wit, Paulette. Thanks for sharing. :) gw

Anselmo Boles

Date: 5/22/2022 3:10:00 AM

A twisted mind almost always twists the truth to a most unrecognizable face. A profound write G.W...ab

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/22/2022 5:42:00 PM

Thanks for your kind words, Anselmo. Hope all is well. :) Gershon

Bill Baker

Date: 5/21/2022 11:21:00 PM

There's wisdom in this poem, Gershon. Thanks for sharing, Bill

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/22/2022 5:38:00 PM

Just hope I haven't emptied my pen of wisdom in one spurt! Thanks, Bill! Ride easy, Gershon