Just to be clear:
When I tell you
that I don’t like sweet potatoes
and then later on
I admit that I now like sweet potatoes:
that is not a lie.
That is a change of opinion.
Beneath it
may possibly be a lie
that either I always liked sweet potatoes
and hid it before
or still don’t like sweet potatoes
and am choosing to deceive you now.
Possible lies
but not absolutely a lie.

When I tell you
that sweet potatoes
are known to give superpowers
and that I don’t need that
because I already have superpowers
that is a lie
because those statements are untrue.
Untrue statements are lies.

Stating facts
that are easily disproved
as non-facts
and easily proved contrary
to the reality we live in
is also called lying
like saying sweet potatoes increase life expectancy
by fourteen billion years.
Claiming your opinions
– opinions that benefit you
and your cronies –
are gospel
without offering any evidence to support your claims
is not inherently a lie
but
come on.
If you try to convince me
to buy stock in your sweet potato business
because "studies show"
the aforementioned health benefits
of the vegetable
why would I not assume you’re lying?

Placing yourself on a carpet
and saying you don’t lie like a rug
is neither a lie nor a truth
but rather
is simply very strange.
Do you understand what I’m saying?
Does any of this make sense to you?
Tell the truth.