<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421891" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Dirty Secret</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I went to the cafe today<br>And listened to the usual chatter, <br>I didn't have much to say<br>Till somebody turned to ask<br>If something was wrong (I didn't look well) <br>Was anything the matter? <br>'No, ' I said, 'Why should there be? '<br>And I joined in the general laughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wasn't going to tell them<br>What was really going on, <br>About the turmoil deep inside, <br>Why should they know my weakness<br>And the way I've lied? <br>I'll keep it to myself<br>And play their social game, <br>It'll cover up my shame, <br>And they'll never know about the tears I've cried<br>Or about the young men in the park.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If someone guessed what I had done<br>I would have denied<br>It. I'm not a criminal or pervert<br>And no-one's come to any harm.<br>What do you expect me to do? <br>I'm a law-abiding citizen, <br>I've got my reputation and my pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Thorkild+Ellison">John Thorkild Ellison</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421891" data-title="A Dirty Secret de John Thorkild Ellison" data-description="I went to the cafe today And listened to the usual chatter, I didn't have much to say Till somebody turned to ask If something was wrong (I didn't look well) Was anything the matter? 'No, ' I said, 'Why should there be? ' And I joined in the ge..."></div> </div> </div>

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