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The seven-headed monster
A Swahili proverb says a lie has seven endings. Write seven endings to a lie you (or your character) told. Prose, please.
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SharondaBriggs

Lie Plus Seven

A lie has 7 ending

Or so the story is told

So let's tell a little lie and see how far it goes.

I lied and said my sister was sick

But really she went on a date.

When her husband brought her

Soup home, lie one was a mistake

Being sick as the lie was told

Bought a lot of family to visit.

The look on their faces because of my lie, you wouldn't want to miss it

My sister had to move with me

Because her husband kicked her out

The guy on the date was her husband's best friend so he punched him in the mouth.

The fifth ending was losing her job, because her husband was her boss.

The sixth ending cost me because

She was truly depressed.

The seventh ending was getting a plan to clean up all of this mess.