Lies Poems

Thought you were so clever

You gave the perfect alibi
Swept your dirty laundry under the mat
Fooled everyone ~ everyone but me



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Back It Up

I hear the way you talk
of your friends without end,
the gossip goes on non-stop,
about them and their men,
so vicious the things you say,
shock to see, candidly,
imagine what you must claim
about me, when you’re free…

Back it up,
take that sh-t elsewhere,
woman, I no longer care.
Pack it up,
The drama I’ll spare,
woman, I no longer care.

Eyes sparkle when thing

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good conscience smirks~
veiled beneath the weight of pride
truth unmasks my lies

Lies of Omission

Wounded, woeful woman.
Hostage of hindered hope.
Yowling, yearning, for you.

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Her Tongue

Serpentine artisan in Eden
Crafting a second creation
A molten piece of idol
By the dexterity 
Of word of mouth.

Tongue lures ear
And then à tongue kiss
To the ear, both soulmates
Titillate the neurons of the body
Stir the impulse of all senses
All segued to Judas kiss.

Telepathist tool 
Transmuting visions from pluto
To reality on earth.
Forked-tongue town crier
With cymbal and gong
Improvising a

Truthful Lies

Whispers draped in silver thread,
Promises soft, but sharp when read,
The tongue, a painter, skilled and sly,
Crafts a world from truthful lies.

A candle glows in shadow’s skin,
Light concealed where dark begins,
Hope is sold in fragile guise,
By merchants dealing truthful lies.

They dress the wound with tender care,
While leaving poison hidden there,
A smile can mask a thousand cries,
And

Real Eyes, Real Lies

Real eyes see truth where the neon dies,
real lies get sold in the tourist guides.
I realize Harlem’s still beating inside,
though condos creep up and the rents multiply.

Real highs in the drums on a Saturday night,
real cries in the dark when the bills get tight.
Surreal eyes dream past the gentrified scene,
where bodegas were kingdoms and the

Lies Wrapped in Love

She smiles, and you believe.
She whispers, and you disarm.
Her affection is not affection,
but a weapon—
a stratagem dressed in silk.

Napoleon bent kingdoms to his will,
but could not bend Josephine.
Why?
Because he needed her more than she ever needed him.
The Emperor of Europe,
writing letters of desperate longing
while she gave herself to lesser men in Paris.
The conqueror of nations,
reduced

HOLES OF BETRAYAL

The holes were plain
For all to see, clear as day
Like every word pressed from tight lips
Heavy, weighed down with lead.

Yet we chose to believe
Clinging to words for relief
Some of us danced
Caught in the endless trance.

Half a decade passed in a blink
Now we question what we heard
Were those words ever true
Or just echoes from years before?

Their

lies

i am my father's child
a wicked tongue 
to match a lifelong trial
lies spill from my lips
sweet as candy
soft as summer rain
life under my mother's strict gaze
never quite entertaining
new stories
new half truths
new places, new people;
i am my father's child
a scheming heart
embellished fables spring from my lips
strong as the current
abundant as a river
flowing harshly
eroding the innocent child
i

In the depths of every soul lies a secret story

In the depths of every soul lies a secret story,
A place where sins and desires slowly weave a tale,
We are travelers through shadows, bearing unknown guilt,
In the silence of the night, memories become unseen wings.
Every heart carries a secret, an unspoken crime,
A thought born from the desire to be free and loved,
Beneath the mask of

House of Lies

I see a fire burning
the flames are getting high
The smoke is getting stronger
it’s spreading with each lie

The GOP’s on fire
there’s chaos everywhere 
The party known for hatred
is deep in their despair 

They chose a dirty conman 
a traitor and a thief 
To lead their party forward 
their Commander and their Chief

But now they’re in a

Bayou Bliss

Uh huh
Jambalaya
Uh oh
Crawdad gumbo
That spice
It’s Cajun nice

Girl there
With long blonde hair
She’s flame
and can’t be tamed
Legs long
Bayou beat song

So nice
Red beans and rice
Real sweet
With pepper heat
Hot day
Shrimp etouffee

So real
She makes me feel
Her eyes
Beautiful lies
Much more
Oh I adore

Love taste
Rush passion’s haste
Salt sweet
Such tender meat
De-sire
Swamp born fire

Hunger
Never sated
Give me
What she plated
Eat till
I’m full to burst
Need her
A voodoo curse

The lie you promised

The promise of a new world
Lies they tell to keep us in line 
Easy to control when you abuse people's hope
Easy to smile when you have no soul

A change in name
Is not a change in game 
Incarceration didn't just happen in a day
It was just an evolution of slavery
From the scorching hot days on the

What is true, in the existence of lies'

One telling thing.. The mind that conceives
The mouth that utters, the ears that recieve
The hands that type..The keyboards that cede'
The hurts that happen, the many that will die
All the above that will pass, thats the way it lies.' They will not remain..They'll be swept
Aside for way beyond.! moves eternitys tide.' God
Will dissolve' God will remove,

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