Lies tucked in a plait of hairno longer fair but greyingnest of untruths tightly madea braid that’s meant for staying
Roots like mirrors echoingornery knowing strands forcedinto submission untilno one will know which is worse
The lie or the lying manwho can simply smile and sayempty prayers for your long hairlet down to air lies today
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| Woman with Long Hair by Man Ray (1929) |
#6 of 30 Poems in November to benefit the Center for New Americans. Today’s theme is LIES. And responsive to Kerry’s photo challenge for November: CAMERA FLASH
'Roots like mirrors echoing ornery knowing strands forced into submission until no one will know which is worse'.. this is so chilling!!
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ReplyDeleteThe lie or the lying man
Such a truthful statement, Marian. You pegged that sense of submission which comes across so clearly in the photo.
That final stanza is so powerful - the last lines just so gripping. I love the sense of somehow, this letting down of the hair, to air out the lies, seems an act of free-will and defiance, that despite the control, the lies, the power struggle or manipulations, underneath, there is still a choice, and that appearances aren't always what they are to the ones looking at, in objectification. Gripping.
ReplyDeleteI really don't like submission, but I have understood that there are those who does... let the bad men lie (horizontally)
ReplyDeleteInteresting take on the prompt, seems so apropos today.
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