The Talebearing Donkey

Don't tell a tale
When you have nothing to tell,
Lest the tail be hung on the donkey.

This poem relates to someone spreading 
gossip about a person without facts to back them up.
In the end they look like a foolish donkey.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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