a speculative fiction

 

there is no lie so bold as closed communication/

where the party of the first part

makes assumptionsas to what

the party of the second part

is thinking/

has done/

will say/

might do/

with respect to the alledged actions

of the same

w/out considering the differential in motives/

from person to person

 

there is danger

generated from this speculative fiction’

where expectations are built on assumptions/

                                    however rational/

the lie grows like pinnochio’s nose

fed on whispy dream images

of morning coffee rendevous

smoked gouda in a blue sky w fresh butter

leading to a fixed false belief

in the reality of a fantasy

 

there is no lie so arrogant and egotistical

as the lie told to oneself

about the secrets in another’s heart

even the creator has given us each free will

yet every day

we exercise our free will upon the minds of each other

in a desperate attempt at divinity

we feign omniscience/

                        a know it all to the extreme

                        to the nth degree

with the conviction of a learned teenager

the lie becomes a way of life

this obsession with second guessing

the priveledge of an adolescent humanity

dreading the realtity within the fantasy

when we will have to face the truth

 

 

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