Don'T Take The Blame Poem by Gary Diamond

I advise you to admit to as little as you may get away with.
It's worth less than your while to get caught red or empty handed.
For every crime that is solved
Many go unheard, unrecognized and unheeded.
The master criminal knows when to stop and hole up.

DOn't do it even as a belated favour for an old friend.
Don't do it to save someone elses neck.
Taking the blame for one thing puts you in the firing line
The red flaring crosshairs.
It sets up pin one to knock down a strike or spare.

It's not worth it.
By God the joker and the bandit it's not worth it.
Even something you did yourself
Be denying such things to the gallows or the chair.

Instead, make use of distraction and subterfuge.
Become a magician with the sleight of hand.
Playing tricks and illusions subtly.
Lying about your own thefts and deceit traps
As neatly as discussing the weather.

Squarely place the blame on anothers shoulders
Place it there indirectly and by means of subtlety.
Don't even admit too readily
Don't be prepared to cover somebody.