Your gran was making sandwiches
for our small picnic in the park.
It had been your idea,
although we wanted to
to go swimming,
but your gran said she didn't like
you going to the swimming pool
with those women
wearing those skimpy
swimming costumes.
Once she'd done
the sandwiches
we set off for the park.
Gran said it is always best
to tell truth, Benny,
you said,
lies are complicated things
needing a good memory
and poor soul.
I always try to tell the truth,
I said,
but now and then
a lie creeps out
and before you know it
it has grown
like a big snake.
We went down
the subway talking,
our voices echoing
along the walls.
You were wearing
that red beret on top
of your long fair hair.
We walked along
to the park.
Why do people lie?
you said.
I guess it seems
to get them
out of trouble
or get them things,
I said.
But to lie is bad,
you said.
We entered the park
and found an area of grass
in the sun and sat down.
I had two bottles of pop
and you had the sandwiches.
We began to eat
and sip the pop.
You talked about school
and what Mr Finn had said
about the Norman kings.
I watched two dogs
over way
doing kind of
weird things.
Mar 8, 2018
Mar 8, 2018 at 12:18 PM UTC
Your gran was making sandwiches
for our small picnic in the park.
It had been your idea,
although we wanted to
to go swimming,
but your gran said she didn't like
you going to the swimming pool
with those women
wearing those skimpy
swimming costumes.
Once she'd done
the sandwiches
we set off for the park.
Gran said it is always best
to tell truth, Benny,
you said,
lies are complicated things
needing a good memory
and poor soul.
I always try to tell the truth,
I said,
but now and then
a lie creeps out
and before you know it
it has grown
like a big snake.
We went down
the subway talking,
our voices echoing
along the walls.
You were wearing
that red beret on top
of your long fair hair.
We walked along
to the park.
Why do people lie?
you said.
I guess it seems
to get them
out of trouble
or get them things,
I said.
But to lie is bad,
you said.
We entered the park
and found an area of grass
in the sun and sat down.
I had two bottles of pop
and you had the sandwiches.
We began to eat
and sip the pop.
You talked about school
and what Mr Finn had said
about the Norman kings.
I watched two dogs
over way
doing kind of
weird things.
