[ A version of the boy who cried wolf, here now are the consequences of government lies.] [https://portside.org/] PORTSIDE CULTURE THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR [https://portside.org/2020-03-20/unreliable-narrator] Peter Neil Carroll March 20, 2020 * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-03-20/unreliable-narrator&text=The%20Unreliable%20Narrator%20] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-03-20/unreliable-narrator] * * [https://portside.org/node/22435/printable/print] _ A version of the boy who cried wolf, here now are the consequences of government lies. _ , The Unreliable Narrator By Peter Neil Carroll Distant rumors of fear, a crime attributed to the stony-faced leader denying the doctor’s warning, even after the doctor died. Numbers leak through subterranean pipelines, hearsay, paranoids issuing warnings the sober, the sane, the faraway choose to overlook. Suddenly, cancel everything, even the funeral of one who died of _natural causes_. Save your words for another epitaph. Tell your children not to worry but take care. Make spaghetti, a meal for two leftovers, saving an errand to the shops, and I think again of the blizzard, New York 2016 when in the middle of great silence my friend called out _We are safe_ and I could believe him. Peter Neil Carroll’s newest collection of poetry is titled _Something is Bound to Break_ (Main Street Rag Press, 2019). https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/something-is-bound-to-break-peter-neil-carroll/ [https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/something-is-bound-to-break-peter-neil-carroll/] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//portside.org/2020-03-20/unreliable-narrator&text=The%20Unreliable%20Narrator%20] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//portside.org/2020-03-20/unreliable-narrator] * * [https://portside.org/node/22435/printable/print] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT Submit via web [https://portside.org/contact/submit_to_portside] Submit via email Frequently asked questions [https://portside.org/faq] Manage subscription [https://portside.org/subscribe] Visit portside.org [https://portside.org/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/portsideorg] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Portside.PortsideLabor] ######################################################################## https://portside.org/privacy-policy To unsubscribe from the PORTSIDE-CULTURE list, click the following link: https://lists.portside.org/cgi-bin/listserv/wa?SUBED1=PORTSIDE-CULTURE
