Histories

[dukealien]

"True as any die" is a lovely line, with just enough ambiguity for a short piece like this. I'm not so keen on "grand self-serving" but that's most likely because I've heard it so often lately -- and I suppose that's important in the context.

Valid observation on "grand self-serving," which sort of is, itself   .  ("True as a die" is a Texas-ism, though whether it refers to craps or machine-shop is unclear.)

Considering replacing "stories" with "whoppers," though it's more humorous than the original inspiration for the poem

the "stab in the back" myth in Germany after WWI versus the self-serving "Germany was totally responsible" Allied myth.