Mar 2020
Speak to me directly. Put aside your casuistry.
Let truth be your tongue. Politicians dissemble;
friends are candid. There is no room for sophistry
and subterfuge. Blandishments will get you no-
where; therefore, do not cajole me. Life is too
short for falsehoods. Let it, and all your dealings,
be made of honesty, not lies.
Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks
Let truth be your tongue. Politicians dissemble;
friends are candid. There is no room for sophistry
and subterfuge. Blandishments will get you no-
where; therefore, do not cajole me. Life is too
short for falsehoods. Let it, and all your dealings,
be made of honesty, not lies.
Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks
A graduate of Andover and Columbia College, Columbia University, Tod Howard Hawks has been a poet and human-rights advocate his entire adult life. He recently finished his novel, A CHILD FOR AMARANTH.
