TASK #6: LYIN’ DOG
“Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies…” My old man
Lies, lies, lies. That’s all that seems to pour our of the mouth of our President and his duplicitous sidekicks, especially that wretched hack Conway. But to be fair, King Trump isn’t much worse than others in office, and God knows that we, gentlemen, are just as bad.
As a matter of fact I would say that all men are born liars. We lie all day, from breakfast ’til bed, and we do it well.
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I had a secret, and in order to keep the secret I lied. And in order to cover for the first lie, I had to make up another lie, then another, and so forth, so after a few years I forgot what the truth was–until the original lie was uncovered, and I was busted, and the house of cards that I had constructed for myself came crashing down…
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I myself got uncomfortably good at bending the truth. And I’m not talking about white lies, like the ones we tell to be nice: (yeah, you look awesome dude; or: no problem–I’m getting a check next week and I’ll pay you back…”) no, those are standard–but I went to that lying place where you tell lies because you can’t take the truth.
But is that so bad? I the truth that goddamned important? Yes! And why is that bad? Because if you’re telling lies your living a lie! And the lies that you keep will eat you alive. They will destroy you from the inside out.
It happened to me. I had a secret, and in order to keep the secret I lied. And in order to cover for the first lie, I had to make up another lie, then another, and so forth, so after a few years I forgot what the truth was–until the original lie was uncovered, and I was busted, and the house of cards that I had constructed for myself came crashing down…
1st TASK:
Part One: List your lies. Divide them into three categories: white lies, big lies, and the one I tell to cover up the big secret I carry hidden in my heart.
Part Two: This is optional: read them to your best friend.
2nd TASK:
Part One: List ten truths about yourself. Be brutally honest.
Part Two: Read them to your best friend. (This is optional.)
Photos by Alexa LaSpica and Joe Doe
