Social Commentaries

Discretion

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Shapes of Clay (1903)

Social Commentaries

SHE:

I'm told that men have sometimes got
Too confidential, and
Have said to one another what
They--well, you understand.
I hope I don't offend you, sweet,
But are you sure that you're discreet?

HE:

'Tis true, sometimes my friends in wine
Their conquests do recall,
But none can truly say that mine
Are known to him at all.
I never, never talk you o'er--
In truth, I never get the floor.

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “Discretion.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/327/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “Discretion.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/327/.

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