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WHAT IS TRUTH?

Oh dear said the laughing unicorn
the chocolate has turned to electricity
and suddenly there are petrified trees
everywhere I look
and the rivers are tame and filled with goodness
and the electricity is free

there are no popes and no CEOs
what sort of paradise must this be
there are no diseases and no awkward silences
I must be imagining things

the newspaper is not the truth
the truth is hardly
that
the truth is a lion upon a hill overlooking
a valley of lying lambs
the truth is a kettle of blistering water with steam
screaming out the top
the truth is conscience cutlery
it's the ocean of the universe
it's that one drop of paprika that makes all the difference
in the stew of stories

the truth is that game-show-host-looking-guy who won't shut up and
keeps barging in at inappropriate intervals
the truth is your high school buddy from fifteen years ago that you heard
was back in town
that you just avoided at the gas station

the truth is another word for shit you'd rather not think about
the truth is what truth-tellers say it is--how can it be otherwise
the truth is defined by liars and their lies
the truth is the blindness of reality
the truth is the outer limit of possibility
the truth is the landmine of the church
the truth is the problem
the truth is what holds us down at night
keeping us desperately awake

the truth is the beautiful monster in the clearing that never sleeps,
guarding the entrance
to the beam of light where reality is forged and if you could just get your
lying dirty stained hands
on that beam the truth wouldn't matter
the truth would be what you want
not what you get