Jeanette Beebe

On Lying

a loophole

in surround

no believing

no deceiving

doubt feeding

over found

get to the truth

the right version

follow the money

& the spectacle

a bar of soap

scrubbed

cheeks ballooned out

like an egg

Jeanette Beebe's poems have appeared in Salamander, Sixth Finch, Chattahoochee Review, Juked, Bayou Magazine, New South, and elsewhere. She was named a finalist for the Iowa Review Award in Poetry, and she was a member of Minneapolis/St. Paul’s first spoken word team at Brave New Voices. She lives in Akron, Ohio. Her website is www.jeanettebeebe.com.