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The Host and the Ghost of Lies

This is to two completely different individuals. Can you decipher them?

By Skyler SaundersPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
The Host and the Ghost of Lies
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Dear host and the ghost of lies,

To you, with the tongue forever bit

It does not quell beasts of rage.

As the fallacy will sit

Always will your lie be on the stage.

You sparked controversy with your show.

Some wrote it off as offal.

You told something Americans should know

Even if the scene was awful.

You’re a catalyst for a movement of rights.

Not supporting it but just an evil spark.

You spent days and nights

With your evil in the shining of the dark.

You lived for sensation and saw disarray

Force and ugly actors during your time.

What could only stay

Are the words that escaped crime.

You brought about hell with your lie.

A boy was slain in the brutal type.

You couldn’t take care of your dry,

disgusting soul so full of death, tripe.

You spoke to slackers and the home mother.

You told the truth, when staged events ruled.

You told us to care for ourselves and others.

And to never be fooled.

Sincerely,

An American Observer

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