To lie is
Fortified fruit or
genetically modified piece of pie.
Perhaps the blueberry batch has gone soft
between the teeth;
the baker plumps a pump of ick
into the root of it
and voilà!
Its truth may not satisfy
but mmm how it tastes twice as sweet.
2) To make less than.
I meeeaaannn
Does it really matter
Who spilled the milk or let it go sour?
What’s millions of lives lost long as the west was won?
See? There, between the thumb and forefinger:
the beauty of being is broken.
Chunk of ice belittled,
and yet the avalanche is gaining momentum.
3) To make equal to
It is always
Hell hath no fury and
wrath of God wringing around your neck
an apocalyptic trick of the tongue.
But rarely, Jehovah, my Light and my Trust
I kneel before you, majestic.
Daddy, have I made you proud?
