He Said We Said She Said They Said We Said

He said we said she said they said we said
What?
He said we said she said they said we said.
I roll my eyes, politely.
Laugh impolitely.
Redirect them, but in a nice way, after all, I have already been rude.
There are dinosaurs, constellations, theories, and languages to study.
There are words on every page of the dictionary you do not know.
There are poems you have not read, songs you have not sung.
This ‘he said we said she said they said we said’ stuff is 
A waste of your time.
You are much more intelligent than this.
Oh, they say.
We did not know better.
But now you do, I assure them.
Ideas, ideals, ideologies.
So much more interesting than gossip.
And much more satisfying too.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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