Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOSSIP, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: I've heard it said that someone said that some - / one said to him
Last Line: "I don't know what they said he did -- but probably it's so."
Subject(s): Gossip


"I've heard it said that someone said that someone said to him --
But as to who or when or where my memory is dim --
That somewhere else some other time -- it's true as like as not --
Back east, out west, or somewhere -- he a reputation got
For -- well, for something that was wrong -- I don't remember what.

"They say some fellow sued him -- no, he sued some other man --
I don't know what it was about or how it all began --
But, anyway, some things came out that sounded pretty bad
Concerning him, concerning what he tried to do, or had --
If I had heard particulars to tell you I'd be glad.

"I'm not a man who likes to knock, or gossip to relate,
But I have heard that someone said he wasn't really straight.
I don't know what it was he did, or what the records show
When he was sued -- or started suit -- back somewhere long ago --
I don't know what they said he did -- but probably it's so."





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