Tuesday, January 9, 2018

What Lies Are For


You know what lies are for.
They dig graves in eyes and tongues
to bury trust in plain view.

They are spoon fed until
their poison tastes like sugar coat.
A rat boiled in honey tastes sweet.

Weary them…Weary them…
until the body can’t protest,
and voices drown in the noise.

Freedom no longer has a Wikipedia page
or a definition in Webster…
You don’t know what you have until it’s gone.

You know what lies are for.
They dig graves in eyes and tongues
so weary can’t transform outrage into resist.

©Susie Clevenger 2018

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17 comments:

  1. Mylissa StutesmanJanuary 9, 2018 at 5:21 PM

    Wonderfully Perfect! <3

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  2. Yvonne OsborneJanuary 9, 2018 at 6:09 PM

    Ah, yeah...perfect. We've had a lot of lies of late.

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  3. Sherry Blue SkyJanuary 9, 2018 at 6:33 PM

    That's the method that wears us down - "so weary cant transform outrage into resist." And yet we must resist or all is lost. Wonderfully stated, Susie.

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    1. Susie ClevengerJanuary 9, 2018 at 8:25 PM

      Thank you Sherry... We must stay strong and keep speaking up.

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  4. grapelingJanuary 10, 2018 at 12:32 AM

    yes. that final line, especially.

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  5. MarianJanuary 10, 2018 at 3:19 AM

    It really does feel this way. Everything has shifted so far, it's hard to remember what's real anymore. Must keep our eyes focused on it, though it's so difficult and we are so tired

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  6. RommyJanuary 10, 2018 at 5:24 AM

    Damn. This slaps you right from the first stanza and goes on to read like an evil spell. Powerfully written.

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  7. Kerry O'ConnorJanuary 10, 2018 at 5:37 AM

    A remarkable exhortation against the barrage of lies we're being force fed.

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  8. Sanaa RizviJanuary 10, 2018 at 5:50 AM

    'They dig graves in eyes and tongues so weary can’t transform outrage into resist'.. this is an incredibly apt and potent depiction of lies, Susie! Kudos.

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  9. FireblossomJanuary 10, 2018 at 6:44 AM

    Lies have long been the tool of destroyers.

    Now i have the Thompson Twins stuck in my head!

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  10. Magaly GuerreroJanuary 10, 2018 at 7:53 AM

    I thought the line about rats and honey would be the sharpest in my mind, then I read the last stanza--you, my lady, are an imagery goddess.

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  11. Dr. Vandana SharmaJanuary 10, 2018 at 8:14 AM

    May be sometimes lies are best left as it is

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  12. annell4January 10, 2018 at 8:53 AM

    So much to wonder about...so many true words! Thank you.

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2018 at 9:07 AM

    sharp witted and biting Susie - reminds me somewhat of Orwell's 1984 - and all these years later we are still tearing up the dictionary

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  14. brudbergJanuary 10, 2018 at 12:52 PM

    What happened to the sweet little lies.. all lies seems to burn such holes at the moment... on lie against another lie.

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