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Held In Confidence

Wallace Dean LaBenne

When I show you bruises
do you pop the lid?
Is it held in confidence or open to some bid?

When I show you riches
do you tell the news?
Is it held in confidence or let-slip in the cues?

When I show you defects
do you fly the word?
Is it held in confidence or told via a bird?

When I show you wishes
do you crack the safe?
Is it held in confidence or stolen as a waif?

When I show you errors
do you catapult?
Is it held in confidence or given by default?

When I show you secrets
do you spill the bean?
Is it held in confidence or set upon a screen?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABB ACC XDD XEE XXX XFF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 529
Words 117
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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