Tagged: lies

i bury things, night

i bury things, night
and day, move
through fiction
and nonfiction to feel
safe. you have no
idea how boring
and terrifying
non-sequential
time can seem
.
20170221:2145
y

every one-sixteenth

every one-sixteenth
of a second, we peel off
an identity –

we could compare notes, but we
would already be lying
.
20150325:0905
y

memories are the

memories are the
first to rust – it lies in the
manner of storage
.
20150203:0903
y

truth can be

truth can be
stretched until
it spirals
out of control,
so that when
you try to reel
it back, there
are considerable
sticking points
.
20130308:0726
y

patterns are formed by

patterns are formed by
keeping some things just
slightly out of focus –
i have lost count of
the times we’ve looked
away, changed the
subject, grinned and
bore it. that in itself
is simple mathematics,
our structured denial
.
20120505:1013
y

i shouldn’t have to

i shouldn’t have to
tell you this, but
some things look
better than they
really are –
though it may
take more than two
blinks to dismiss
.
20120504:0840
y

our memories are wrapped

our memories are wrapped
in cushions of untruths. when
you say i recall, how much is it
a re-calling, a re-placement of
the conditions – the sounds,
the tastes, even that puncturing
aroma of sweet and savory,
the one that beckons bite me
.
20120413:0815
y

there is a fine line

there is a fine line
between truth
and lie when first taken
into confidence –
polished
words are often
particularly
slippery
.
20110524:0806
y