Written for: Poets and Storytellers United
Weekly Scribblings #19: Lie to Me (posted by Rommy)
“For this week’s prompt, I’d like you to focus your words around lies or the idea of a lie, whether they’re little ones as I described above or great big whoppers.”
She asks me how I like her hair
primping it up for me to admire.
You can’t tell a friend for whom your care
that it looks like electrical wire.
If she wasn’t sure and wanted my thoughts,
I would have eased into the truth a bit
but the look on her face, said she sought
complete agreement–her hair was a hit.
Well you could tell her it looks good on her but sadly wouldn’t suit you that way, as though you were jealous!
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ooh, devious!
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Sometimes it IS kinder to lie!
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Yes, it is.
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A witty ditty, luv that you chose to rhyme
Much💚love
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Thanks, Gillena!💜
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Some lies are pleasing in the telling. Both for the giver and the receiver. Like hair, it grows on you. 🙂
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Good one!
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Haha! 😀
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Thanks, revived.
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OMG, OMG, this very same scenario happened in my life yesterday. It was my sister and I could not tell her the truth about her Coronavirus hairdo attempt at ‘pretty.’ Could not.
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and probably should not. Thanks, Helen.
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Hahaha I resonate with this one! 😀 I would try to tell her that it could be better (at the risk of getting yelled at) 💝💝
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Another approach is always possible. Thanks, Sanaa.
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its best to tell the truth but then again, the receiver would not take it well. sometimes lies do obliterate an awkward position. great write!
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Thanks so much, Humblekind!
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Hmmm….you could joke and say it would make a nice nest for a little budgie….but then maybe not:)
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Yeah, maybe not, but it would be fun! Thanks, Rall.
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Haha. No, you have to not offend the bod who cooks for you. I say, that looks nice. Some day I’d like for you to try doing ____ again, what do you say? (Been married 47 years, that seems to be the best I can do.)
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That works!
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