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He Never Had To Lie

  • Writer: Katherine Tatsuda
    Katherine Tatsuda
  • Jul 30
  • 1 min read

He lied to my face.

Over and over and over again.

He didn’t have to.

I would have understood.

But he never gave me the chance.

And that was one of the things that hurt the most—

It didn’t have to be this way....

Katherine Tatsuda

Author | Poet | Human

Based in Ketchikan, Alaska

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