Tuesday, June 8, 2021

the polygraph machine

i buy a polygraph machine
online.
it's on e bay.
formerly used to help
catch al capone
and jimmy swaggart.
busting them
both with lies.
it still works.  the squiggly
lines
moving up and down,
sideways, with the arm
cuff tightly wrapped.
i ask my new love interest
a few easy questions.
name, where she lives,
her school, and then
i ask her
who she really is, deep
inside. are you real, or
just pretending to be someone
you're not.
the machine begins to smoke,
it catches fire
as she gives me the wrong
answer.
if i only had this years ago,
it would have
saved me a ton of money,
and lots of time.

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