A Carefully Controlled Purgatory

a poem about a carefully controlled purgatory

There,
in a carefully controlled purgatory,
the guilty tells a story,
some proclaim their malefactions,
though rarely in any form
that allows for contrition or resembles
an unequivocal admission,
no real submission,
what occurs is indeed a carefully staged drama,
lost facts and omission,
sometimes a choreographed performance
without light and sound,
that allows the dark demon,
and the sinner to find common ground
where none exists.