A Brief History Of Lies

With modern methods of recording
what we now call false news,
(it used to be called 'propaganda')
will be all that will be remembered
of what was said about the deals
that national leaders cut with each other
for the good of their respective countries.

Today's propaganda
will be tomorrow's history
and future peoples
will be none the wiser
about what really happened
-not even when they try
to read between the lines.