Untruths of our times

To be false is easy

to manufacture numbers,

feign reality with sheer certainty.

To erase eternal verities and values...

what type of mankind are we engineering?  

half a century from now,

unforgiving books of life will not forget

our inability to judge for better.

indifference governs our conscience

we look unseeingly on those orbiting around us.

well accustomed to fold into our little bubbles.

so quick do we kowtow to a fine fib.

we think that's clever. yes, more fine than gold.

we savor lies like a fresh platter of a sweet course!

is it for avarice? is there a motive?

perhaps, it's lack of knowledge

that we must manufacture 

testimonies sweet to our own ears.