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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOSSIP, by LEXIE DEAN ROBERTSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Before I knew how cruel
Last Line: For fear they will not sing.
Subject(s): Gossip
First Line: Before I knew how cruel
Last Line: For fear they will not sing.
Subject(s): Gossip
Before I knew how cruel
Just common talk can be,
I thought that words were singing things
With colors like the sea.
But since I've felt their caustic lash
And know how they can sting,
I hold my breath when words go by
For fear they will not sing.
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