Fudge The Truth

Fudge the truth to improvise
Fudge your lies to compromise
Each one offers some disguise
Each one has ways to revise
Use them both to moralize
Use them both to facts demise
Stretch the truth to amplify
Stretch your lies to magnify
Each one offers apple-pie
Each one has a hue and cry
Use them both as "do-or-die"
Use them both to facts deny
Tell the truth to save a trace
Tell your lies to save your face
Each one offers the "best-case"
Each one has a time and place
Use them both for breathing space
Use them both to facts erase