I've got a secret
And I've been told
(in the strictest confidence)
it will have an impact
on a whole bunch of stuff and
it's none of your business.
It's not even mine. But I keep one eye
wide 'in case' - after all
if knowledge is power, secret knowledge
is superpower.
So you couldn't pry it out of me
with Archimedes' lever. However
this secret is so yummy, so juicy, so
lip-smackingly delicious, so
unbloodybelievable
it seems a shame not to
as certain aspects
could further the cause of truth
and justice and
that's kinda good and
leaving it lie, like roadkill
pinned on a cold shoulder,
would allow the forces of evil to win
and that's always a bummer.
But, if I leak, you may gobble
my golden goose, be numero uno sucking up
the take-over-powers-to-be. Or
(worst of all)
you might blab, leave me hung out
and pegged
a loose-lipped motor-mouth and
even a top-notch secret needs to marinate,
to simmer slowly over the fire, to be basted
and roasted before being offered
à la carte - on the other hand,
perhaps you know something . . ?
O.K.
you show me yours and I'll show you mine.
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