blowing smoke
baseless flattery
outright lies
‘It’s my favorite!’
‘Have you lost weight?’
baloney
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‘It will be different this time’
bunkum
‘You can trust me’
burn me once
‘You know I love you’
butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth
hogwash
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empty promises
‘No one does it better’
malarkey
wait until next year
‘I didn’t mean it the way you took it’
well bless your heart, honey
poppycock
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two-faced
lying
opportunistic
inauthentic
gibbering rubbish
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I've got news for you- it don't smell like roses to me anymore.
Dress it up and call it what you want- it smells the same.
Smell it once and you can smell it again a mile away.
News Flash: I'm not attracted to that smell anymore.
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Who waved from my mother's flat?
Yesterday, I had an inexplicable experience during my visit to my mom's home in Belgium that has left me baffled. Every few months, I travel from Paris to see her, keeping up a tradition we've had for 17 years - she waves goodbye to me from her third floor window as I walk to the bus stop down the path outside her apartment building.
By spooky session5 days ago in Poets
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Reminds me of Jeff Goldblum's line, "That's one big pile of shit."
Really well done. I can see why it was surprising to you and others! I liked the bite.
This piece is amazing!
You got me wondering what the trigger for this one was! Long-time coming, no doubt, though. Great read; inauthenticity is the smelliest of the miasmas...
Love it!
An excellent rant
Love it!
Oooo so good Judey! (No bullshit) This one is easily one of the best I’ve read
This was a goody. One of those pieces where I say to myself. “Self, why didn’t you write this?” My phrase, ‘stop being a politician and speak the truth’.
We used to drive by the two towns where we now live & work fairly frequently on our way to meetings in other places. There's a large feedlot right next to the highway between the two towns where the drill was always the same: roll up the windows, close the vents, breathe as little as possible & just hope that you make it through before either you smell it or pass out. Now that we live here & drive by all the time, I barely even notice it if at all. I guess whether it's feedlots or empty platitudes, you either get used to & ignore it or you move someplace else.
This is excellent. Beautifully done Judey.
Ms. 'j' - So much B.S. Wafting around of late - you are a Fragrance of Fresh air. 'j'
Good. 💩 Awesome one, Judey. Love your work itself, and love just as much what it seems to represent for you. 💙
Donkey dust! Great read Judey. 😎
Good for you. B.S. never smelt fragrant to me, and I'm glad you don't like it anymore. Made me think of songs that talk about pretty lies. No matter how cute you say it, it's still a lie and doesn't change anything.
Look like you had fun with this poem 😊You forgot , What in tarnation!!! Great Job !!!
Brilliantly powerful!!! No bull!!! Loved it!!!❤️❤️💕
Yup 💚👌📝
Indeed.
Love this! You captured the fakeness so perfectly *I'd call it fake as fuck and I'm bored. Or maybe, if it looks, smells and sounds like bullshit. Then that's exactly what it it. Probably, or words to that effect! 🤍
Whew I have some people I want to say this to!!!
Wow. That was powerful. I really felt it, and I can definitely relate to it. Great job.
Well, there's a catchy title! It took me .853 seconds to click my way here. I enjoyed the way you laid it on the line!
But… but… you know I love your writing… no one does it better then you.. I swear it’s not poppycock… great piece! And bless your heart for writing this! This made me laugh for some reason, all the different names you thought of for dishonesty. I usually call it horsesh** like my grandmother. Sometimes I’ll yell “Bull” if someone’s lying or I think they are. Or I’ll condescendingly say “I don’t know if that’s true or not… but I guess it sounds like it could be…” it depends on my mood and the person I’m talking to lol. But yah usually horsesh** works for me!
scorched hearts spit fire, 🙆♀️, I like it, 😊