Seven Dirty Secrets

by Natalie D. Richards

Ninjas, birds, and towers

And some that take a fall. If you don’t win this hunt, I swear I’ll tell them

all.

Don’t tell another soul. You know I’m watching you. Past Bellows, Pierce, Demuth. Find the starry dress that’s blue.

You want the future, not the past, But your dreams and lies are blind. Look for an old capital neighbor, A doctor’s gift, a citizen’s find.

Do you believe it’s over? Do you really think it’s through? Find the silent people waiting. Find the lies he wrote for you.

Do you believe it’s over? Do you really think it’s through? Find the silent people waiting. Find the lies he wrote for you.

One Two Six Two Zeroes Four. You’ll find your clue behind this door. They say the truth will set you free. You’re getting close. Are you ready to see?

Past the bricks, before the fountain.

Up the stairs, through a haunt. Time to see what really happened. Because your guilt isn’t what I want.

Past the bricks, before the fountain. Up

the stairs, through a haunt. Time to see what really happened. Because your guilt isn’t what I want.

Seven went in. Six came out. And now it’s been a year. Think new clubs and old trains. You’ll find the rain drawn here.

He shrugs. “Love doesn’t make us do stupid shit, Cleo. Fear does that.”

I know seven secrets. One caused the

fall. One did nothing. One saw it all.

One didn’t care. One used their head. One played the hero. One was left for dead.