Can you keep a secret

Can you keep a secret,

tight-lipped, tight-tongued, tight-throated?

Can you keep a secret

with your life?

I can’t.

I blab when I know

I’m not meant to,

I tease and trail excitement

at far too soon a time.

Can you keep a secret?

I can’t.

The only way to keep me quiet

is to

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