Making Things Up As You Know
Goodbye
Little white lie
Watching a person breakdown and cry
It starts off innocent enough
But in the end accusations could be rough
Some brag
While flipping through the tabloid mag
Is it a fantasy trip?
Wanting control planning life’s script
Throwing words around
Social leaders in the town
Spewing sensitive results
Bitterness showing up as insults
Ignoring injuries and who’s at fault
Sounding good neighbors’ impress
Gullible audience avoiding a mess
Is it all right blurring the truth?
Disregarding any credible proof
Or is it a comfort act
If handled properly with tact
Staging area a better place
To explain their case
There is a way
Fiction does pay
Write a book
Develop a plot, imagine a hook
Add character ingredients like a cook
Cast a line
Worth a dime
Reader will interpret the message in their own mind
Fish around and a scene will come
Antagonist lose, protagonist won
Sweet or stinks
Authored works will make one think
A paperback writer
Is a turn page fighter
Letting everyone know
Putting on a one on one show
Battling a foe?
Let it go
Pick up the pen
Unleash the internal creative gem
Address it to the publisher, attach and send
Waiting for the reviews hoping they defend
Earning a few bucks not caring when
Copyright © Marc O'Brien | Year Posted 2020
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