The Conception of Deception

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Couplet: feel the falsehood

The conception of deception
Lies in the notion of emotion

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Monostich: The Perception of a Lisp

From prophetic to pathetic in a breath

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Lisps are relatively common and prevalence rates range from 8% to 23% in the general population.

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Senyrü: No Escape

running from the past
is like severing the tie
of your own shadow*

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*One can temporarily break free of their shadow by jumping.

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Free Verse: The Great Misdirected

Looking
at the colour
of someone’s skin
And not
the colour
of their soul

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Fib: Fib-o-nac to Fib

Fibs
First
Sweet lies
Stretch outward
Perilous pathways
As spirals of sequenced events

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November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci day because when the date is written in the mm/dd format (11/23), the digits in the date form a Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3.

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Six Word Story: Invasion

Did you leave the door open?

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Dadku: mascu {   } linity

I fear I’ve become
half the man I used to be
hashtag chainsaw fail

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Each year, nearly 30,000 people are injured in chainsaw accidents in the United States alone.

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