When TELLING A LIE Was No Longer Possible

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The Masters Of The Universe

—being Amazon,  Hollywood, Apple, 

Fox News,  BBC, Izvestia, et al—

had a brainstorming session

about all the boxing

and wrestling matches

featuring the elusive concept

known as THE TRUTH

 

They decided that no one

—in any country, at any time—

should ever tell another lie

:::

Every citizen on Planet Earth

rejoiced and patted

himself or herself

on the back

for becoming

purveyors of Truth

and nothing else

All forms of the words

"to lie"

were evicted from 

the dictionaries

of every language

 

However, 

the behavior of all humans

remained exactly the same

BUT 

no one 

could be accused 

of lying

 

Like sugar and spice

and all things nice,

humans everywhere

did nothing more than 

"FLAVOR the truth"

 

How yummy it was

when a citizen could 

flavor the truth 

in such a way

as to have most of

the neighbors' money

in his (or her) pocket

 

Naturally, a good percentage

of that yummy money

was given to

The Masters Of The Universe

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©  PAUL OLIVERIO  ©

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