Morwena's Secret Poem by Richard D Remler

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Morwena shared something
I ought not to know,
A something I should
Never tell.
And I'm trying, I'm trying
To keep it to myself,
But I'm not doing that
Very well.

I told my brand new hamster
Everything that I could,
Every tall little tale
That Morwena said.
And though it made me
Feel an inkling of good,
It nobbed at the tip
Of my head.

I even made sure
A fly heard it,
This secret so secret
I doubt
Any old critter around me
Would dare to be
Living without.

I might have mentioned
Something to my goldfish,
And it seemed rather pleased
That I did.
But it's better at keeping
Her secret,
Because as soon as I told it,
It hid.

And outside, just a moment
Of moments ago,
I shared it with
A Robin or three.
And although they seemed
Like they just did not care,
I know they had
Listened to me.

For they whistled a song
That I'm certain
Relayed every word
I had shared,
And those little songs
Echoed through
Branch and through brim
Every smidgen of truth
I'd so foolishly bared.

And Morwena,
She's going to be angry,
When she wakes up
Tomorrow to see -
Each little bird knows
The secrets
That she shouldn't
Have whispered to me.


Copyright © MMXIII Richard D. Remler