You Must Ask

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You keep asking me the wrong question

Your query is adjacent to what you want to ask

But you can’t bring yourself to form the words

My response continues to frustrate you

It is truthful, but tangential

This isn’t easy for either of us

But I am not going to help you

It isn’t my place

If you want to know, you must ask

No hidden meanings

Behind euphemisms

Around the corner

Or behind the curtain

I will answer honestly

If you are brave enough to ask.

 

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