Confess
Information wants to be free
Tell me
Tell the priest
Pent up. Repent. Released
We the jury have found
Tell a hole in the ground
Tell yourself
Stow the strongbox on the highest shelf
I won’t breathe a word
Tell a little bird
Tell one person at a time
Victim, weapon, motive, crime
Guilt by association
Tell the whole congregation
Tell Big Brother
Beg forgiveness from each other
When push comes to shove
Tell the one you love
Tell whoever’s in control
I promise not to tell a soul
(c) Melinda Smith 2011
Published in Quadrant Magazine, October 2011
