What If I said: someone tried.
Would he believe me and
Would he beat him senseless
And grill or question them.
If Fred was drunk he may have
But that wasn't what I wanted.
That would have done
More harm than good.
There was a definite possibility
I would have been branded
An attention seeker or liar too.
Amongst many other names.
That was not me. So I kept tight lipped.
Even when Fred harangued me.