Facts? What Are Those?

Repeat a lie often enough

And people will believe it.

Make confusion your primary goal,

And no doubt you'll achieve it.

 

Circulate a far-fetched notion.

It's simple. Go on; try it.

Put a bogus story on Facebook;

The gullible will buy it.

 

Trump, when caught in a lie, attempts

To come off sounding pious

As he knits his brows and purses his lips

And yells, "Media bias!"

 

Forget little jabs or attacks

That are foolish and maybe unwise;

Here we are talking fabrications--

In short: boldface lies.

 

How easy it is to stretch the truth,

Until someone sees through it!

But once the damage has occurred,

It's so hard to undo it.

 

In our information age

It must be antiquated

To be honest and truthful when

Facts are overrated.

 

(12-21-15)

Reviews

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Very clever, and you point out something that has more that can be considered truth than what comes from many (not all) public figures - that what they say must be rigorously fact-checked should embarrass them, but it does not. That we listen to those who would stand up and run spiels of fabrications and think that comprises suitability for leadership speaks to an appalling level of our pride in ignorance.
Thank you for this. I enjoyed the wit, the sarcasm, the smart writing.