The Punishment of Cooking Applied to Impostors

Poem by Alphonse Allais Period 19th century

Each time people discover his lie,
The punishment comes to him, increased by anger.
“I’m cooked, I’m cooked!” he moans as in a dream.

The liar is never believed.

Alphonse Allais

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