Interesting and Wild
Brandon Cook
"Oh that’s interesting," she said, tilting her head
Relying on that most amiable of euphemisms
To be polite
Certainly, to hide the more honest responses within her mind
Which her body fired like flintlock inside her
But
"Interesting" is what she said
Which was not quite a lie and did suffice
Similarly,
A friend taught me to say, "Oh that's wild,"
When words are hard to find
A phrase so close to truth that it, too, does not lie
Even as it finds a way to hide
The deeper truth we will not say
So, we make our way within the day
Beneath the bright sun's light
Wondering, so often, why our life's life seems to elude us
As we look for some truth that seems to linger
Just beyond our grasping fingers