“It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
– Noel Coward
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
– George Orwell
“The great masses of people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.”
– Adolf Hitler
“For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.”
– William Shakespeare
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Vérités factices
In the beginning
The mirror was cracked
Fragments dispersed
Edges splintered
Scattered
Unrecognizable
As to the piece
Of origin
Dust-like particles
Swept up
Glued into something
Resembling
Legitimacy
Recorded by the
Proper authorities
These lies follow me
Those who could testify
Are dead, save one
She drones on
Spinning her
Webs of
Deceit
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Bisous,
Léa
