Poem May 20, 1996 Issue

"To be perfectly honest ..."

Patrick Errett Welch

Stretching the truth?
Elaborating the facts?
Equivocating?
Telling a little white lie?

Never.
Never necessary.
Never harmless.
Never loving.
Never healing.
Never more than human weakness.

Honesty—
Absolutely?
At all times?
Under all circumstances?

Always!

Always necessary.
Always harmless.
Always loving.
Always healing.
Always dominion giving—

Always establishing "Truth's honest child." Christian Science Hymnal, No. 382.

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