by Sally Quon
Sally Quon is a dirt-road diva and teller of tales, living in British Columbia, Canada. She has been shortlisted for Vallum Magazine’s Chapbook Prize two consecutive years and is an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her personal blog, https://featherstone-creative.com is where she posts her back-country adventures and photos. She has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Big-Stories About Life in a Plus Size Body, and Writing For Life. Her first collection of poetry, Beauty, Born of Pain, was released in 2023.
This is a previously published poem from Sally’s collection. Credit to Okanagan Publishing House.
The Secret
The secret was
to be kept
at all costs.
The judge said
if he did it again
it would mean prison.
We wouldn’t want
to break her heart
by sending him to prison,
would we?
Besides,
there was no real
harm done.
Just some tickling
in the night.
Don’t tell your father.
It wasn’t that bad.