She beguiled in inquisitions that bore no truth
I discoursed in ciphers no one sought to solve
I fondly recall in our smoke-yellowed slice of discount heaven
Not a moment of truth disturbed our vaporous sleep
She beguiled in inquisitions that bore no truth
I discoursed in ciphers no one sought to solve
I fondly recall in our smoke-yellowed slice of discount heaven
Not a moment of truth disturbed our vaporous sleep
Would you really want the truth, if truth is a thing
And this “thing” truth said with certainty (as we’re sure it will)
That you are an unmitigated asshole?
A liar? A panderer? A ruthless survivor?
Truth is a universal remote
When we don’t like it, we change the channel
“Oh, zombies again”
And click.
May you never know the cold, calloused working hands of a Fair world
An impartial view never seize you by your scruff
Or principled and dangerous never turn dread eyes on you
May you never the horror of the Fair and free, my fair haired child
Or Necessity scrape your soft palms to the hypodermis
Picking agony through connective tissue for subcutaneous Truth
Truth?
Fair is the remorseless predator
A falling of a blade in a machine with no known purpose
Truth is an alien horror hiding deeper than bone
A lusus naturae you never speak to or invite in
Fair comes and goes
Truth permanently resides
I stake my hopes on the sweet irrational
Ardent faith in the virtues of truths unsullied by facts
Truths are subjective, facts are mortal
Burning offerings to pedants and mendicants
Gabbling madly in the lusty smoke
The gentle breeze of nonsense carries
Intimate laughter of distant chimes
The iridescent white of a moon I can reach
Her light a cool comfort
For cracked lips and fevered passions
drifting rudderless to wayward sleep