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It's a little bit of both, imo.
The original poem implies that in context.
And, in general usage, it's done as both of them.
It's also true that lies snowball and become harder to keep track of. It is also true that inexperienced liars tend to weave over complicated lies thinking that it makes them more believable. So an inexperienced liar is going to start out complicated, ending up with a series of lies that are impossible to keep straight.
You ever spend time around a kid that's going through that phase of lying about everything, even stuff there's no need or use in lying? It's always convoluted and they'll end up contradicting themselves, sometimes in the same lie.
The poem pretty much shows that idea perfectly. Well, iirc it does, I haven't read in a long fucking time lol