Here is an alternative, using OO technology to obtain the encapsulation (among other things): 
use strict;
use warnings;
{
    package SomeThing;
    my @verbose;
    
    sub new{
       my ($class,%params) = @_;
       
       return bless {%params,
                 }, $class;    
    }
    
    sub get_info{
        my ($self) = @_;
        return \@verbose;
    }
    
   sub insert{
        my ($self,$opt,$info)=@_;
        push @verbose, "\n"
         .  (my $time = ((scalar localtime)=~/(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)/)[0])
         . "  \[$info]\n";
        return unless $opt->{VERBOSE};
        if(length($info) > 55){
           $info =~ s/(.{1,50})/$1-]\n\t  [-/;
        }
        
        print "$time  [$info]\n";    
    }
}

my $obj = new SomeThing(color=>"Blue");

$obj->insert ({VERBOSE=>1}, "This text");
$obj->insert ({VERBOSE=>1}, "That text");
print $_ for @{ $obj->get_info()};

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