my old school
I want to go to tha t
school that school
of liars
be cause I never could
be because I never could lie
I never could do it on my own
I could be rewarded for lies
rather than be striped
like a broken prisoner of lies
Comments
A thought provoking poem elP - your stuff is like superglue, drawing you in. It's intriguing that school doesn't deal with real life contingencies , at least it never used to. Probably this is why so many come into markets without an ounce of experience , running around like headless chickens, where i'm sure the art of lying comes in very handy. Sorry for the rant! It feels more like artifice than an endemic where shades of truth are exploited. Clever how you repeat the word lies - feels like lashes of a whip.
Ray ( I hope this is not floundering , but I am getting a cold!)
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elPintor
Fri 11th Nov 2016 00:29
I don't want to make a broad defense of the practice, but I realize lying comes in quite handy at times, and is actually quite necessary in some circumstances--maybe even to survival for some souls. Furthermore, I've heard it said that lying is an indication of intelligence in children--you know, finding novel ways out of difficult situations. When I think about it, they probably don't teach for handling contingencies because, in effect, that would disturb the locus of control for teachers and parents..it's too frightening for them to think that they can't get in your head by oversimplification. Its my experience that tells me that virtue, as much as vice, can cause trouble in this world for the individual.
It's funny really that religion should be mentioned because there has existed a school of thought that taught that it is NEVER, under any circumstance, OK to lie. But, we know those that say such things to be among the worst kinds of liars, putting their own false ideas of "sanctity" above human life.
I wrote this last evening with something very particular in mind..have you ever been so angry or frustrated that you began to stutter? That's the origin of the oddities like "be because" (too funny, David). And, it seemed quite appropriate to repeat the word. I'm glad to see that those devices stood out..I wanted that.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting, David and Ray.
elP x
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