PREVARICATION


quick glances, 

and long lapses 

of silence 

seem to work best. 


(despite the fact that they 

have a fatal quality 

to some, 

who forget to breathe 

and choke on vile anticipation. 



"we don't say everything that we could 

so that we can say later 

oh, you misunderstood 

i hold my cards up 

close to my chest 

i say what i have to 

and i hold back the rest"