Sincere Nihilism

The distance from apparent sincerity
to the deceptive depths of nihilism
is always shorter than we think,
particularly after we have scanned,
or been scammed by, the news headlines....   

The Oldest Dishonesty?

Tax avoidance
must be an activity
that is nearly as old
as taxation itself.

An Early Death For Some

When we die we all enter history,
that is when we start to be lied about, in earnest.
But some folk live lives built on lies
well before they die, thus killing off
how much they are known about, early.