Divine Face

We believe in lies. You do, too.
The fact that you’ll believe in them,
Live your lives devoted to them,
Is what leaves us impressed with them.

Meaning is kin to nuclear
Fusion, but through human culture’s
Social massing. Information,
Crushed to words, radiates meanings

As self-sustaining reactions,
And lies burn, fully meaningful,
However that information
Has been broken for their burning.

We believe in lies. We’re in awe
Of the heat as well as the light
Deceptions generate. Just sit
In any great temple of faith

Founded on urgent dissembling
And glowingly redirecting
Mere sun’s ordinary wavelengths
As grace. Lies give the truth its face.