Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Speech

   Libelous, slanderous speech
     singes the fuzz off of the peach

   Gossip and tale-bearing crooked ears reach
     no thanks to the mouth of the human leech…  

   Speech is God’s greatest gift to man
     employed sparingly it can

   Elevate us to the highest heights
     sacred spaces of brilliant light

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John Lawless April 12, 2024 at 4:18 PM I believe it was Churchill who said "I have often had to eat my words and have found them to be a substantial diet" or something like that..

Hilda Greenhough April 12, 2024 at 8:34 AM This is a poem of truth that reaches to the betterment of the human species. Should I say "good luck". We can always hope.