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Have you ever noticed how it's easier to learn to speak in two or more languages than it is to keep your mouth shut in one? The worst thing you can do to yourself is to Trust Anyone But God with anything you don't want to be public knowledge.
All the news that is the news is carried and repeated,
By little birds who fly about to make sure it is tweeted,
To any who will hear their song and sing it to another;
For some it doesn't matter, they'd sing about their mother.
It doesn't matter if the news is new or if it's old.
If it's entertaining it will be retold.
A juicy tidbit here or there is all they really need,
To get the ball a-rolling and their nasty banter feed.
Those who carry gossip, the bearers of bad news,
When trusted with a secret are just like a lit fuse.
They have to tell the secret, they have to dump their load,
For if they don't they'll overload and then they'll just explode.
Travel to the east or west,
Or to the north or south,
A gossip's just a nasty bird,
With a great big mouth.
Copyright © Judy Ball | Year Posted 2018
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