Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Trade-off

"...How did you survive it?.."

Trade-off

I would never trade truth
for love
never let a beautiful woman
erase my opinions
and rewrite them in her own language
How did you survive it?
I guess love can move mountains
but I don't think we should do the same
just to be loved






Article © Bekah Steimel. All rights reserved.
Published in the April 17, 2017 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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