He looked me in the eye
then he lied to me
his lips never sneered
eyes never flashed.
But he lied.
Then I could see it –
the lie – just beneath
his skin, moving around,
as if it were some parasite
burrowing, becoming part of him.
And when he smiled
it almost disappeared.
When I said I love you
all I could hear was the lie,
chewing away inside him,
burrowing deeper.
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