Running from the wild hobo, he knew he should never have skipped school; knew it the same way that he knew that kicking his boot out over the ice was a bad idea, and knew it just like he’d find out later when he finally made it home that he should take his time when it came to thinking up believable lies - too late.
TAGS: school, bad ideas, footwear, hobo, lies, hoboesIf there is any hope of knowing what’s on the other side, I’ve decided that I better find some time to walk both paths, both honesty and lying, both less traveled and more traveled, so that when I do eventually stumble out onto the other side and get to wherever it is I’m going, I’ll recognize truth for what it really is, and that it won’t sneak up on me during some desperate moment and end up looking like an outhouse in the middle of nowhere, with a crescent moon on the door and a fresh roll of toilet paper stuck on a nail; and that when it’s all over yet again and again and again, I won’t be caught standing there lost, hopeful for something better then my own shit staring back at me.
TAGS: hope, afterlife, contemplation, lies, truth, honestyConfronted, Henry denied knowing the call girl, but was soon caught in his lie when the topic of ducks came up.
TAGS: Henry, ducks, lies, prostitution, call girlI don’t mind not having butter for my toast, since last week, on Monday, at 5:20 a.m.
TAGS: toast, lies
After years of therapy, I was finally able to admit that lying about owning a house giraffe was actually nothing more than a lifetime of pent up frustration regarding my mother’s embarrassingly long neck.
TAGS: giraffes, lies, embarrassment, therapy