words
cut from tongue to tongue
daily news of the latest scandals
idle chatter for bored maidens
housewives
looking for some torrid details
to satisfy their dying hearts
did you hear
Lord Louie
ran off
with that Ella, girl?
I heard
the preacher's girl
got one on the way
rumors to titillate
the starving souls
beauty parlor fairy tales
stretched from a ounce of truth
covering the masses
headlines created through whispers
sold over the fish and dresses
slander killing the coveted
mentioned
mannequin of accusations
rebuttal to deaf ears
truth laying in the gutter
gleaming to be heard
the accused appears
shunned by the widows
of gossip speech
put on display
on trial
through the stares
never knowing the inferno of lies
about to fall upon her
whore
slut
bastard child
letters emblazoned on her blouse
led to the bottle 'n gun
bullets take away the misunderstanding
her life ended
through the pins 'n needles
daggers, stones cast upon her
the lies, the soil
she was buried in
branded just another
dead whore.
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Submission Name: Widows of Gossip
