Lies   Admit it — truth is out of style. Lies, though — they’re tailored to our taste in flimflam, guile, what we want to hear, where we want to go,   how we want to see ourselves — bespoke, broad in the shoulders, slender in the waist, glowing from the inside, blessed with perfect bodies,   perfect hair, teeth that flash perfect smiles for the paparazzi, provide fresh fodder for the tabloids. But truth? Out of style.     © Michael Fleming Brattleboro, Vermont February 2024