All Said With A Smile

She says this. 

And the other says that. 

As they sit 

around 

discussing the 

whole town. 

She heard that. 

And the other heard this. 

But not that it ever 

passed one of their lips. 

Because it didn't. 

It just so happen 

to slip out 

between their

teeth. 

Goodness knows what 

they heard

they would never repeat. 

But she just had to say this. 

And the other just had to 

say that. 

And it is the gospel. 

It, truly, is a fact.  

Both of them

agree to that.  

Mr. Brown 

has a ladybird 

that isn't 

Mrs. Brown. 

The youngest Gordon boy

has turned to 

a life of crime. 

All said with a smile. 

Thank goodness it is

not their child.  

Morning turns to noon as

they sit around

chatting like 

there is nothing else

to do. 

No book to read. 

No movie to see. 

Gossip filling their belly. 

No need to eat. 

Ms. Lewis' skirts are too 

short

and her smile too

long. 

As they wonder for who

she has set her cap. 

They would never do this. 

They would never do that. 

Says the two meanest 

gossips

in town

as they 

sit 

around 

ripping to shreds 

the reputations 

of every 

member of town

and dropping them

to the ground.