Lies will only beget lies in time, like verse, when two lines produce a rhyme.
Oh what a tangled web we do weave when first we dare practice to deceive.
Although, can’t a lie sometimes be fine if good is twined throughout the design?
Sir Walter Scott was clever, indeed, but the truth can also be hard to receive.
A fortune made by a lying tongue; a fleeting vapor; a noose to be hung.
Such is a Proverb eager to teach a liar not yet too far to reach.
And, treasure can be silver or gold, or something more, as the Captain told.
I say sow what’s right and real you’ll reap. All arms forward, into false’s keep!
Author notes
Liar, liar, pants frozen solid...
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