Back in Class.

 

I'm back in a writing class with Vanessa, graduate of Sarah Lawrence.  It's a two Saturday class about how to tell the truth or whether to tell the truth or lie in our writing.  Here is something I wrote for the class.  We had several prompts, including these:

1. Write down five lies you've told.
2.  Write down five lies you've been told.
3. Write a poem based on one of the lies by making it a truth.

 Below is a poem about one of the lies I've told, the lie "I'm fine."

 

Poem about a Lie

I am not fine.
The windows need washing.
The lawn is producing seed.
The dog is sneezing again.
And the dead are still dead.

 

I am not okay.
No matter how much
you desire it.  No matter
how much discomfort they
feel.  No matter how much
I want to be.

 

I am waiting.
For “things to get better.”
For this house to be home.
For love’s impossible return.

 

 

 

(c) Kake Huck, 2022