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The Liar's Empire

An Ekphrastic Sonnet

By D. J. ReddallPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
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What would happen if the truth did become

Relative, subjective, personal, vague?

A nebulous, grey pandemonium

Such that survivors can't recall a plague?

If nothing is beautiful, true, or good

If wealth is virtue and lying an art

Then all is not well in the neighborhood

And many are troubled in mind and heart

What if, in a spirit of healthy doubt

We treated experts and sages like fools

Became slow to listen and quick to shout

And made our only rule breaking the rules?

Can the claim that nothing is true, be true?

Is reality just a point of view?

Ekphrastic

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D. J. Reddall

I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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    Written by D. J. Reddall