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Telling a Lie

When it comes to suckers there’s no short supply.

David schell
Sep 28, 2025
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Telling a Lie

He’s a high paid grifter
who knows how to say it right
He has his own talk show, 
every Friday night.
It comes to him so easy.
He doesn’t have to try.
He’s so damn good at
telling a lie.

She’s a guest in his chair
With rhetorical  repose.
The lights are too bright
so they powder her nose.
It comes to her so easy
She doesn’t have to try.
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