Looking Dumbfounded Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Wouldn't it be great,
If those who participated...
In the creating of chaos,
And confusion they have initiated...
Would admit it?
With a facing of the consequences.

'I swear to you I have no idea what's going on.'

Instead of confessing their acknowledgement,
Yet first to arrive to declare their innocence.
Looking dumbfounded...
As if a child discovered covered every inch in mud.
But with the same excuses used refusing to be aware,
Of being in the midst and it smeared everywhere.

'I swear...
I don't know how that mud got there.'