Today's poem is inspired by a headline, but I'm not sayin' which one. Not fair? That's okay... because there are certain things...
There are certain things
we don't talk about,
but should.
We scoff and turn up noses and cheeks instead of speak
about
them.
We slam the door of discussion
In hungry-for-deliberation faces,
ignoring the knocks of shame and blame,
and in the process lend no neighbors sugar, and deny
Them wine.
Because they reek, sure, but if
we stopped keeping them
a secret, silenced like the lamb,
we'd have a chance to break
cycles before they began
to knock
the next
generations
off their feet,
With the burden of
Carrying the weight
Of these
certain things
All Alone!
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