The lying Fly A lie, a lie is like a fly buzzing around my head, it sits on me, it stares at me, I recognize it not, yet feel a deep necessity to swat it and be rid, but flying lies are nebulae, so near and yet so far, they cannot just be brutalized, but must be understood: a lie, a lie is like a web as smooth as possible as near to truth, as traitorous convincing, pious, safe. I cannot even help myself, it stabs my back, it paints me black, I must believe in it. Today I kill whatever fly dares to sit on me pursuing it relentlessly throughout the living room. A living lie will never die, the fly, the fly is me. 2007-05-16 |
© Anthony Thwaites