The Truth Hurts, by Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Truth Hurts

It used to be that

if you were obscure

you had to be able to

handle the truth

and if you were famous

your job was to

obscure the truth

but now that social media

has leveled the playing field

the truth is an obscurity

for everyone

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