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dual meaning : lie

September 16, 2017
By HELENDEGENERES GOLD, Forest Hills, New York
HELENDEGENERES GOLD, Forest Hills, New York
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lie; lie –we all lie,why do we lie?

i love You, he says;

i love You, she says

lie lie lie .

i lie down on the bus,sleeping,

but i am afraid that:

the others will laugh,mock

my ugly sleeping face;

crooked profile: profile

my profile . 

upstuck nose &

fat lips, ugly lips.

lips , lips, lips

take my lips away from me , God,

i misuse them: 

too much slips out my lips, too much in

lie ; lie

i lie.

tell myself i am:

worthy,

beautiful.

beautiful–beautiful beautiful

im not full of beauty; full of sadness,

i am sad . 

Heaven knows i am miserable,

i am miserable .

i want to lie –lie

in my coffin, 

in bitterness;

close my eyes & say farewell.

above me,a crow caws.


The author's comments:

In class, we were doing an activity where we wrote a page (give or take) without stopping to think or revise, or even correct a spelling mistake. We just wrote whatever popped into our heads based on the dual-meaning word given to us. I got the word lie.


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on Sep. 20 2017 at 5:18 pm
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Favorite Quote:
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller

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