Sad But True Poem by Sophie Allyah

What makes one great
is being honest to oneself
and to others, of course

If you think spouting falsities
makes oneself great,
Is the worst

You can tell them you can never die
Make the bluest of blue into red
Have the biggest castle built in the sky
Fucked more than the hair in your head
Drank every day a fifty-five gallon of booze
Have a thousand dozen of pet kangaroos

These are excessively excessive
But that's the nature of untruth, I believe

You can be great by spurting lies
You can magic once into thrice
But you cannot cheat reality
For reality is laughing at you greatly