Liar
The truth is always a lie
In the face of reality
It is a fragile matter of futility
In a word
Both grow side by side like mushrooms
Sound the same if given the right name
Heard only by one person soon to be announced
Soon enough
Her name is Mary
Known only to herself and others
The truth stands solid against illusionist
Conjured up in prestidigitation’s magic
Other stuff too, too difficult to allude to
Insinuate or mention in this passage
But lets get back to Mary
She has the answers…really…. with perfect clarity
Certainty is a certain part of truth
But a fraction of that, which is a lie, resides
The lie is a factual tale saved in its place
Kept in a lock box out of harms way
Along side the lie lays truth
They make a perfect couple
An unholy alliance of each other
Guess who has the key in case it matters
Mary started the first fire
Invented it along with all other things
(Except the internet...that was Al Gore....He thinks...)
She created the fire of enlightenment
Sticks her hand in it as proof
It does not burn according to her matches
They stand witness to her youth and beauty
And never strike before the covers closed
Friends confront her with the truth
Fire hurts
She laughs at their insanity
Calls them liars, immature
Sanity is on her side with truth and lies
Locked up in that compact box
Fermenting like mushrooms together
She brings them out for drinking exercises late
Exchanging telephone numbers, identities
Intellectual ideas are then debated
Interchangeable in their nature and meaning
They get drunk and stay together
Determined to win they fall asleep
Mary Wakes up with truth and lies in bed
Hung over, they both look the same to her
She questions, “Do I know your names?”
“Have you heard a word I've said?”
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