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Recorded Reading (1:20): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c1ihhpkchlhli9my63go5/Don-t-Lie.mp3?rlkey=nkgvvqlee7o46q2m0ca89uxyg&dl=0

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Don’t Lie

It’s time for us all
To stop lying

We do it six times
In every ten minutes’ talk

The lie is supreme among us

Some of us are growing to doubt
The very existence of truth

When we’re asked
“Does this make me look fat?”

It’s time to say
“Our society is the only one in the whole world
Which thinks anorexia is beautiful”

It’s time to say
“Not fat — pleasingly plump!”

It’s time to say
“I see you in something more flowing”

Anything
Anything, people

Anything but
“Noooo….”

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