of course everyone
has something they
won't admit to
purely for fear of judgment

maybe you love
Sunday mass
even if your friends
would ridicule you
if they knew about that

perhaps you love
offensive
rap music although
your family
only tolerates country

and so what if
you absolutely adore the smell
of cigarette smoke
on the boy from the
city?

imagine enjoying whatever
you wished
pretend that these could
be called simply
(guilty) pleasures
instead