Lies (Haiku)

Lies consume the soul

Like moths making holes in wool;

Eat moral fiber.

Liar! Liar!

Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!
Is the cry again this season.
Politicians prevaricate
more easily than they reason.

Every one of them stretch truth
to be quite generous about it.
Politicians lie as freely
as cells phones appear to transmit.

When they tell the truth, by strange chance,
We all do a fact check on them
to verify this rarity;
a truthful political gem.

It is sad but also quite true:
we expect lies from our leaders.
Unfabricated truth from them
can unsettle many readers.

The truth should or ought be the norm. 
We need to expect it more often;
we have to call it forth from them.
The facts don't need to be softened.

©2012 C. Boeneman

Don't Start

Don't lie to me,
don't even try!
I can tell when
you let one fly.

You're full of it.
you know you are.
I believed you 
and wear the scars.

Anyone close
who knows you well.
can verify
you deserve Hell.

Don't come to me
with those blue eyes
and try to sell
those same old lies.

Go find someone
 who'll fall for it
'cause it's not me;
you're full of ....