After Hearing a Lie

Distortions, lies, half truths—

bending words to mean

something they aren’t 

Hiding behind someone else

to tell a story slant 

To omit parts of what was said

To add details 

To create chaos

To play with words as if they 

are pliable, wet clay ready

to be stretched into any form

is to create a shuttered world

devoid of a place to open dialogue