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The September 2007 poetry project consists of writing one poem per day in the month of September and putting it up for public consumption regardless of its state of completion.

 

Poem 8 -- Unfinished Poem

When is a lie a lie?

Is it the intent or the consequence?

Is it a lie when you forget a detail or omit it?

Is it a lie if you don't reveal it all at once, but piece by piece.

Is it a lie if it is a mistake? a lie if you embellish?

 

 

©Rachel Levine 2007