Deception

“No, I’ll look first,” she said, “and see whether it’s marked ‘poison’ or not”. - Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.

What is manipulation? What is the color of it? How does it sound? What is the taste?

These are questions of which I have been exploring with reasonable boundaries. There is unknowing and unconscious lying, but then there is willful deception and trickery to obtain a means to an end and avoid accountability. I have weighed this fairly enough and found that lately the latter always seems to be the case.

What has caused this new appetite for poison? Does this question make you feel unstable? Are you dizzy and disoriented?

Where is the thirst for truth and integrity? Is anyone out there?