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Honesty is Overrated

February 27, 2011
By PrincessLena ELITE, Orlando, Florida
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"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be" - Kurt Vonnegut

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I'm denying everything that is true -
it's so much easier that way.
And so I'll pretend that I don't like you,
because it's the simplest thing to say.

And I wish you weren't so into her -
maybe then I'd tell you the truth.
And maybe it's true I never learn,
because this story is not even new.

© Janet D., Marblehead, MA

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