A Riddle... Poem by RIC BASTASA

if only
you did not lie
i could have written more
perhaps
more truths than we
can bear

but since you tell the
biggest lie today
despite the
warnings


i guess, i have to
quit
for lies do not interest me
anymore
i have more that you can
ever tell me

in fact i live in the house of
lies
play in the garden of
lies
eat on the table
have breakfast
drink from the glass
and satisfy myself
with a burp
all lies, all lies,

those lilies of the fields
floating on the marshes
tadpoles and
mosquitoes
snakes and rats

these are the only truths
we have
in this predator-prey
world
dog eating dogs
cats befriending mice
heavens
compromising with
root canals.