the spin cycle

we spin.
we put our take
on what went down.

we give our side of
the story, our way
of thinking
on things.

this is how it went,
how it goes,
not for you, but
for me.

we rewrite history.
embellish,
conveniently leave
out the details,
lie by omission.

we spin.
we make it the way we
need it to be,
not the way it really was.

it's how we live with
ourselves, with no one
the wiser.