Pragmatics
Give your hideous honesty a rest:
lie to me.
What have I ever done to you,
or to anyone on this earth,
that I deserve to be
goosed by the truth?
Truth is for convicted felons
and sunbaked ascetics.
What I need is soft lies,
reciprocal eyes,
and the oceanic tang
of chowder upon the lilt
of my contented tongue.
Please lose the problematic verity:
take care instead to do what works.
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