Entertaining the Truth

I’m having a party to entertain the truth and you’re invited to attend.

Don’t worry, you don’t need to bring anything, just an open mind

because, as I said, my best friend the truth will be there,

and he always packs plenty of punch.

Enough to bring everyone right down to earth!

You can even bring along your filthy, fucking, lying gods if you like,

but I must warn you, my good friend will turn them to dust.

He will vaporize their damning cloak of oppression

so that you too may share our unclouded view of infinity.

A vision, intensely beautiful and perfectly reasonable.

The truth has been my best mate for many years now and I love him dearly,

but he is not often welcome in the modern world, he has few allies.

Sometimes even my good friends feel awkward in his presence and I can clearly observe in their eyes, each syllable of thought as it is rendered in their consciousness; “Why the fuck do you hang out with that loser?”

I can tell they feel sorry for me, but I no longer share their embarrassment,

in fact I derive a moment of pleasure, their social awkwardness, my trophy.

Then my best mate nudges me sharply and I am humble again.

I retain some measure of satisfaction though, I have caused a ripple in the fragile matrix of lies they choose to call reality.

I still get invitations, but now they come loaded with trepidation and barbed with pointed questions.

I make vague promises to shield the poor innocent adults from my outcast friend.

I make no such promises to worldly youngsters though, one glimpse of the truth and they immediately brush me aside to make his acquaintance.

I do not take offence, after all, they are young and I am merely the quirky sidekick of their superhero, their intuitive friend.

You should know the truth, but it’s only fair to warn you that it’s a one way trip.

You can forget facts and figures but you can never un-know the truth.

While a relationship with the truth can be an onerous and bittersweet affair, it is not without it’s rewards; truth, unlike any god, offers universal clarity of understanding, the ability to love humanity, the ability to proceed into the future.

So please, come to my party and help me to entertain the truth.

- Rich Green.