Discouraging the Gossips and Rumormongers

I am confused by the rumors, but give them no meaty merit For I have not yet spoken to the source I always go to the person and ask them if it is true Please do not try to bother me For I have learned the secrets of an instigator When you say “I don’t know whether to tell you this” it means I probably do not want to hear it. Sometimes I say “please do not tell me” But your goal is to rile me, and you tell me anyway I do not react or overreact, because I do not want you to have power Thus, you go away to bother others. Rarely coming back to me. It is my secret way of discouraging the gossips and the rumormongers, and it works for me.