Blatant Lies

when you punish children you create liars

if you don’t like children, stay away from children

do not complicate their lives any further

your life is already too complicated if you’re an average human being:

you don’t know what you’re doing half of the time

if you do know what you’re doing, you don’t know why you’re doing it

if you know why you’re doing it, you don’t understand the full depth of the implications of it

if you think you understand the full depth of the implications of it, you don’t.

it is possible to have the body of an adult

and all the hallmarks of autonomy

with the appearance of self-reliance

and be incapable of doing anything for your own good.

you will die wanting, selfish, desolate inside

all of your clockwork stuck ticking at the fifty-ninth second.