Daft Persuasion

So very awful when you speak
Thankfully I do not know you
When you stripped to the skin
And told us everything
I could not help looking the other way

For all the tragic scars of your past
You pointed out
With an eye pinned to your navel
Should I be shocked to the core
By your rigmarole
Your snivelling narration

Why should I share?
Why should I share
Even uncharitable death?
Where were you when I was screaming?

Next time you strip to the skin
You'll tell us everything
I will stab you in the back

For all the tragic scars of your past
You pointed out
With an eye pinned to your navel
Should I be shocked to the core
By your rigmarole
Your snivelling narration

Why shed a drop
Why follow you to the platform
To risk a fatal outcome
I’ll keep my distance
And stay right with it
I’ll stay right here