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# Exaggerate, Lie, Repeat
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/exaggerate-lie-repeat/
- Published: 2018-01-06T15:50:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:11:14.000Z
- Description: Be sure to announce what you’re not going to say.
- Author: Perry Bard
- Tags: Art, Drawing, Weekend, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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Perry Bard, “O Say Can You Say” (2016), rubber stamp, ballpoint pen, colored pencil, 14 x 11 inches (image courtesy of the artist)

On to another year defined by characters.  
The rules are simple  
Be sure to announce what you’re not going to say  
Lie, exaggerate  
Hyperbole is key  
Repeat yourself  
Repeat repeat  
Spelling is for sissies  
Covfefe!