Lies
Maria Anderson 1897 – 1993
Sometimes I lie.
I'm a good storyteller, though I know not why
We live to tell our stories, and we tell them through fake eyes
a pen in math, trying to fix wounds with glue,
a lie is all of these things, and sometimes it becomes true.
It can spin in a tornado, and leave you with a wreck
it can also be a false peace, or breathe down your neck
It's described as a horror, things you wouldn't want done to you, so why in the sum of things, do we do it too?
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
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Words | 95 |
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Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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