My name is Gossip...

My name is Gossip...

I have no respect for justice.

I break hearts and ruin lives.

I am cunning, malicious and

gather strength with age.

The more I am quoted,

the more I am believed.

I flourish at every level of society.

My victims are helpless.

They cannot protect themselves

against me because
I have no name and no face.

To track me down is impossible.

The harder you try, the more

elusive I become.

I am nobody's friend.

Once I tarnish a reputation,

it is never the same.

I topple governments and

wreck marriages.

I ruin careers and cause

sleepless nights, heartaches

and indigestion.

I spawn suspicion

and generate grief.

I make innocent people cry

in their pillows.

Even my name hisses.

I am called GOSSIP.

Office gossip-

Shop gossip-

Party gossip-

Telephone gossip.

I make headlines and

headaches.

REMEMBER, you repeat a story,

ask yourself:

is it true?

Is it fair?

Is it necessary??

If not, do not repeat it.

KEEP QUIET.