The Gift of Equal Status
DON'T TELL STRANGERS
SOMETHING YOU THINK I SHOULD KNOW
HAVING ME FEEL AWKWARD
JUST LET ME KNOW
AINT SOMETHING STRANGE
ABOUT NOT KNOWING
ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU SHOULD BE KNOWING
DON'T TELL STRANGERS
BABY
LET ME KNOW
IT'S A STORY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAD A FRIEND
WHO WISHED TO SEPERATE
THE WOMAN FROM HER HUSBAND.
THE COUPLE WERE IN A STRONG
RELATIONSHIP
WITH MUTUAL ADMIRATION FOR ONE ANOTHER
THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING WITHOUT
TALKING IT OVER.
THEY MADE WISE AND PRUDENT CHOICES TOGETHER
THEY SOMETHING WRONG
AND WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIX IT.
THE WOMAN WANTED TO DIVIDE THEIR LOYALTY
SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON
BEFORE THE WOMAN TOLD HER HUSBAND
SHE WANTED TO BE THE WEDGE THAT SEPARATED THEM
SHE SAW IT WOULD BE THE FEATHER
IN HER CAP.
Copyright © Allan Terry | Year Posted 2019
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