<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438501" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Kept Secrets</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I never had a secret.<br>None.<br>Not really.<br>I might have had one...<br>In my youth.<br>But my face would always reveal, <br>Anything I wanted to conceal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember trying to lie one time.<br>And both my father and grandfather, <br>Had these eyes that would penetrate.<br>And made knees knock, <br>If truth did not come out of our mouths.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Please...<br>Strip me naked but don't look at me.<br>I don't know nuthin'...I wasn't there! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And...<br>In those days, <br>If anyone was going to be punished...<br>For any secrets leaked.<br>OR suspectedly kept! <br>We all got the ironing cord.<br>And it wasn't plugged up to heat.<br>To iron clothes with either.<br>Oh no.<br>We were lined up by age! <br>My youngest Aunt Ginger, <br>Used to be conveniently absent.<br>Only to appear later from places unknown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hated those days! <br>So did my aunts, uncles and cousins too.<br>And when my grandmother aimed...<br>She didn't skip a butt! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I gave any secrets I had then up.<br>And...<br>Is there really a purpose for them? <br>Today...<br>It's difficult to say what's valued and treasured.<br>Or, <br>If someone tells you something not to tell anyone else...<br>Why do they tell you this? <br>And...<br>Where did they get what they tell you from in the first place? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Kept secrets and spoken lies are entertainment for some.<br>And done without question too professionally.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</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=438501" data-title="Kept Secrets de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I never had a secret. None. Not really. I might have had one... In my youth. But my face would always reveal, Anything I wanted to conceal. I remember trying to lie one time. And both my father and grandfather, Had these eyes that would penetra..."></div> </div> </div>

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