The Clever Idiot.

‘You lied,’ you say to the clever idiot.

‘I lied?’ the clever idiot deflects.

‘Yes. Lied,’ you repeat, patience listing to starboard.

‘Who are you to accuse?…’

‘By whose standard?…’

‘Lying is subjective and a complicated thing…’

‘Why are you yelling at me…?

The clever tactic of the Clever Idiot.