POEM STARTER

Write a poem about a lie that spirals out of control.

Consider the structures and devices you could use to show the repetition and amplification of the lie.

it starts like this

It starts like this It starts like this It starts like this It always starts like this. Why? Why why why why why why why are you like this? Telling LIE It’s a value proposition of filth and decay You only stop when you become COMPROMISED It’s just like you, fucking slime Start small, little bite Marginally comical and cynically baked Not the kind of lie you tell your parents Just a little “I don’t have change, sir” Or “I’m a little busy tonight” Doesn’t it taste like arsenic? Doesn’t it taint your blood a bit? You think it’s fine It’s fine It’s fine It’s fine But it starts like this It always starts like this. Until you hang on from a dangling thread To whatever the fuck it was You lie to keep it safe You unbelievable thing It’s just like you to be like you Why can’t you be someone else? You lie and lie and lie yourself deeper Until eventually
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