Swimming in a Cess Pool

When you swim in a cess pool
You keep your mouth shut.

You try to get to the edge so
as to hoist yourself out.

But you do this quietly.
Because if anyone thinks you
are going to escape
they may assume you have some
information they do not wish
to be shared.

You do this quietly.
Because you never want anyone
to ever ask you about anything.
Ever.

When you swim in a cesspool
you have to know when to look away,
when to make it clear you weren't there.

You have to learn the value of sickness
which gets you off the front line when
the scene is going down.

You have to learn what not to say, when
not to say it, and how to deliberately
miscontrue.

You have to learn when to leave the room,
when to show up, how to appear to be part
of it all, while being pushed to the fringe.

You learn what positions you don't want,
which Boards you don't sit on.
Who is not to be trusted at any time
and who can be trusted with specific
information which isn't all that volatile.

If you think that 'Whistle Blower' legislation
will get you any more than a coffin, leave
Jamaica now.