liarsong

when people lie
there is a physical reaction:
skies hark;
lillies die.

(and walls crumble
and tears fall
and roads twist
and leaves crawl)

when poets lie
there is a physical reaction:
filthy thumbs throb
kinky dead sing
dirty windows wake
and petty loves stink

(and walls crumble
and tears fall
and roads twist
and leaves crawl)

when lovers lie
there is a physical reaction:
the shepherds sing
and minds bawl
and lepers kiss
and poems stall--