"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth." -Jean Cocteau

On a windy bus stop 
this chilly autumn morning, 
I toast my brain on words and life 
shrouded in rhetoric
and lies,
the truth abides, 
twisted loosely on the tongue.
Is your truth the same as mine? 
Or is it a different form of psych…
Truth, Lies and Rhetoric
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John E Marks
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Nov 15, 2024
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"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth." -Jean Cocteau
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Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T. S. Eliot
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