( if )

If I were to tell you the truth then this would happen:


if you believed me, if you understood that what I had told you was the truth, all your hearts would break, so

you would not believe me.  In fact you would use words such as 'believe' to justify your own lack of it.  Then,

you would discount anything else you were ever told which bore even a passing resemblance to this 'truth,' then

you would "go about your 'business,'" as though you had any to go about, then

you would yelp in surprise, like a kicked dog, and then

you would watch, wide-eyed, as your children burned.


So, I shall not tell you the truth.  Instead, I shall lie to you all.