Forked Tongue Poem by Mary Champion

Forked Tongue

What you said was true,
but it was not what you meant.
And I always knew
that was your cunning intent.
For language is
an ambiguous device-
you can speak the truth
while you are still telling lies.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Topic(s) of this poem: lies
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