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Family Secrets
Like precious jewels,
you could have tucked them away in a velvet-lined box.
Or hidden them
in the back of your closet
with Tuesday’s dir ty underwear.
But, no, you had to share. Over too much wine
and Lucky Strikes,
they bubbled to the surface, like a thick red sauce simmering over a slow flame, splattering guilt and regret all over the kitchen.
