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Friday, February 17, 2017
ring less true
there's more to truth
than just right words,
and so much less
to lies.
yet, a lie
seems the stronger
of the two,
as truth so often dies.
when disbelief
can cloud the eyes,
there's little
we can do,
but hang on to some wispy hope
that the lie will ring less true.
Barry DeCarli
Copyright 2010 Barry DeCarli
(...and, to keep speaking the truth, loud and clear)
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