Polar Lies

Perception
is the potion 
where pudding
holds the proof

The details
get bedeviled
 Martini’s
all Vermouth

A good girl
or a bad girl
the wind
can blow both ways

Looking right
or looking left
the truth
— not on display

(The New Room: May, 2025)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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