Every Body Lies by A.E. Hines

Every Body Lies

by A.E. Hines

(published in his 2021 book, Any Dumb Animal, from Main Street Rag Press)

That’s what it says on her black tee-shirt,

the neighborhood girl’s, in long white letters,

stretched tight across her chest. And not

in two words—not “Everybody Lies,” but

Every—Body—Lies.        We know a body

of evidence can jail the innocent man,

and still, we like to pretend:    the wide body

of the plane pushes back from the gate

with the promise of safe arrival, the Atlantic

wil...