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VAS
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0 posted 2000-11-26 12:15 PM



A Lie
what is a lie?
is it antithesis of truth?
is it a statement of omission?
is it blackness in a pool of white?
is it darkness, the shadow of night
in the midst of a glowing light?
or is it merely something
one tells himself
when there’s
nothing
else
to say?
.
.
.
.
.

© November 12, 2000
Virginia Salter



© Copyright 2000 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2000-11-26 12:17 PM


O for the truth, spoken clearly and boldly!

Well done!


Karilea
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I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ




Robert Joseph
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2 posted 2000-11-26 12:24 PM


VAS, now this one presents a fresh twist on an ageless subject...Very much enjoyed.

Robert Joseph

Startime
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3 posted 2000-11-26 12:28 PM


BRAVO!!How true, how true. Very well done. Thank you so much for this read.

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4 posted 2000-11-26 12:52 PM


Good thought...good poem....and i think you are right...sometimes we just want to wrap ourselves in denial and hence the "telling of lies cos theres nothing else to be said"
LastOfThe
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5 posted 2000-11-26 01:02 PM


Interesting question
one of semantics or intent
Do we subclassify lies
iinto gradations from
black to white

Or are they all
equally insidious
or kind either way
my repsone would have
to be words blind

VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
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Oregon
6 posted 2000-11-26 01:21 PM


Thanks, all, for reading and commenting.

It's amazing how 'lies' being discussed or discovered bring out much attention and comments.  We hate lies being told to us, unless we're protecting ourself by telling them to ourself.  Then we probably hate them, too, because that means there's some reason to be doing so that we don't want to face.

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