True Lies

by Megha Sood / August 11th, 2019

This lack of emergency
this hunger frothing between our teeth
we cuss and words are shredded between our teeth
there can never be the truth
so pure and lies, so vile
which cannot be told these days
our ears are burned at the tips
truth is acidic some days
with eyes peeled in amazement
for the vile flooding the streets
and filling up the newspapers
those lies screaming
at the top of their tongues
and hounding at the
the right of the dial
those incessant pictures
running on the reels
like a hamster on the wheels
we gulp down
this atrocious so-called fake truth
and true lies
every damn day
and every single night.

Megha Sood lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. She is a contributing author at GoDogGO Cafe, Candles Online, Free Verse Revolution, Whisper and the Roar, Poets Corner and contributing editor at Ariel Chart. Her 290+ works have been featured in 521 Magazine #Sideshow, Oddball, Pangolin review, Fourth and Sycamore, Paragon Press and more. Her poetry has recently been published in the anthology "We will not be silenced" by Indie Blu(e) Publishing and upcoming in six other anthologies by US, Australian and Canadian Press. She recently won 1st prize in NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest. Read other articles by Megha, or visit Megha's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, August 11th, 2019 at 8:01am and is filed under Poetry.