Poem: Which One Do You Prefer?

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Truth is often 
stranger than fiction 
and every word 
out of her mouth 
sounds like a lie 

so egregious 
so cutting 
and to the point 
yet eventually 
it is the truth 

Rarely do
such revelations
mean to spare
the feelings
of the one who asks.

what to believe 
who to trust 
when she tells me 
how things happened 
and they really did.

They ask me
would you rather have
the truth or the lie
I always tell them
at least I know.

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