Cornelia is an Arts and Letters member of the National League of American Pen Women Honolulu.
She is the recognized author of Letters to a Prisoner by Connie D.
Letters… is just one of her six poetry and photography books
including: one Fine Art Photography book titled Fire Dance
and one Anthology–Saturdays with Lillian.
You can find her fine art prints on Fine Art America.com.
Mendacity
Published by CONNIED | Saturday, May 01, 2010 5:48 AM
Mendacity personified
MENDACITY
detects you from a corner
next to the potted Anthurium,
a poster child for normal behavior
in the ghetto.
It sneaks up and tries to get cozy
then proceeds to suffocate you with an invitation
to ponder
justifying past deeds, lining them up for the firing squad
aiming for the whites, in a sea of gray.
Drowning in delusion
it comes up for one last gulp
one last vain attempt,
to stay alive.