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    • A Poem: The Lie, Barry

      Posted at 12:58 am by Mrs. Ram Jam, on January 26, 2019

      You don’t want to go
      to the library.
      It’s full
      of lies, Barry.

      All silence, syntax, and story–

      You know the truth, Barry, lies

      in the noise, gibberish, and vainglory–
      of society’s gobbledygook and pocketbook.

      You can’t find truth
      in a book
      because books spread nothing
      but lies, Barry.

      To tell the truth, Barry, nobody goes
      to the library nor reads books anymore.

      Who needs to when they’ve turned all the good ones
      into shows
      on all the streaming services galore?

      Here’s the truth, Barry.
      The library is scary.

      Full
      of syntactic stories warning
      of silence

      Full
      of parables to teach children how to overcome violence

      Here’s the truth, Barry.

      The library is scary
      because it calls out vainglorious gibberish as noisome–
      you’re no longer able to hide
      behind fear and hate–anti-intellectual poison.

      Here’s the lie, Barry:
      the truth is buried at the library.

      But go ahead and continue to lie, Barry,
      while I unbury my truth, Barry, at the library.

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