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Lying are the lips

March 18, 2024
By Law888 GOLD, Douglasville, Georgia
Law888 GOLD, Douglasville, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
I feel a thousand capacities spring up within me


I speak,

My mouth burns as if I were eating salty chips with a busted lip

It hurts a little

But not enough to stop

Because I never really stop, it might decrease maybe the way I tell these tales change

But I learn, I laugh, I lie

 

Salt in the wound is no longer enough

I feel my lips moving

My tounge flopping

And my mind wicked

Every word

Every word of it untrue, but I almost find comfort in the burn

I'm used to it

 

Maybe one day it'll change

I'll stop, I'll breathe, I'll be honest and it'll fall but till then I'll continue with this habit

Lying are the lips


The author's comments:

My mum always used to tell me "lying are the lips" whenever I'd tell a small lie and it really stuck with me 


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