'Garbage in, garbage out'
was a phrase I first heard
when I studied computers
and had to programme them
in strange codes, circa 1980.
The odd thing was how
the care with language
that we showed towards
the 1950's machines we used
we did not apply to ourselves
or the people of status around us.
All too many of the people I knew
were so accomplished in telling lies
in order to seem kind and friendly
that when they diminished other people's lives
neither they nor the people who's lives
they had diminished saw the difference.
The kindness in their lies
hid the fears in their eyes
of being blind guides,
there to lead others towards the pit
where who they lead felt afraid
of how they had lied themselves
into a corner that had no exit.
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