{"sf1_id":554611,"sf2_id":"dmBMoqWe","title":"A Marten of a Thousand Secrets","author":"MurphySlaugh","words":273,"posted_at":"2013-06-23T04:51:00.000Z","tags":["Quiet","Secrets","marten"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/554611-a-marten-of-a-thousand-secrets","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmBMoqWe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/71/f8/71f88408-c4b0-43eb-bc9c-0880612820de","description":"A poem on my truthworthiness in keeping secrets.","content":"A MARTEN OF A THOUSAND SECRETS  \nBY Carl Blessing/Murphy Slaugh  \n  \nI can see you have something you need to say  \nSomething heavy on your mind.  \nYou have to get it out, but you don't want to shout  \nAnd no one you can find.  \n  \nI'm here for you, and I know how to keep  \nMy mouth shut, awake or asleep.  \nNo threats or bribes or excessive flattery,  \nWill ever work, you can trust me, for I'm  \n  \nChorus:  \nA marten of a thousand secrets  \nSecrets no one will know  \nTell them to me, and you will see.  \nTo my grave they will go.  \n  \nI'll prove to you, I am good as my word.  \nI can pretend that nothing I've heard.  \nThere's nothing on earth to get me to say.  \nLet anything anyone has come my way, for I'm  \n  \nA marten of thousand secrets.   \n  \nYou've got to let out your thoughts and feelings.  \nTo someone on whom you can depend  \nSomeone that can't be bought out,  \nSomeone you can call a friend.  \n  \nI'll be the one, test me, I pray.  \nI can be trusted any day.  \nI'll never tell another living soul, A keeper of secrets is my role,  \nBut give me a chance, and you too can say, I'm  \n  \nChorus:  \nA marten of a thousand secrets  \nSecrets no one will know  \nTell them to me, and you will see.  \nTo my grave they will go.\n\n\u0026nbsp;I'll prove to you, I am good as my word.  \nI can pretend that nothing I've heard.  \nThere's nothing on earth to get me to say.  \nLet anything anyone has come my way, for I'm  \n  \nA marten of thousand secrets.  \n  \n  \n\n"}