Truth Is Offensive



You think I'm the kind of guy to be dishonest?
The only person dishonest is you.
Do not underestimate me, or it will come back to you;
I have no regrets and I never will.

I tell the 100% truth,
And most of my honesty is offensive,
So if you ever tell me to only say nice things,
Either I lie to you, or you've earned my
compliments.
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Submitted on December 24, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 324
Words 68
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5

Jesse Cochran

Inspired by the freestyle poetry of Walt Whitman and the musically driven attitude of metal musicians Slipknot and Mudvayne, Jesse Cochran is a new poet to join Poetry.net, and he writes poetry that is a little too honest. As a matter of fact, his style of poetry is supposed to be violent and full of language like a metal song's lyrics. But he does aim to write much happier poems once his more angry ones are out of his system. more…

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