Gossip and Waffles

Gossip and Waffles 

ahh yes 

a syrupy mess of scandal and hearsay 

I let out a laugh

  because what is true 

Is that people often talk about those that don’t look like what they've been through

This morning it occurred to me upon waffles 

That my maple colored sugar must make the bellies of those who feel inferior shrivel 

 Only small egos 

could speak of their own friend 

Their own kin even 

Nothing but a cackling of curses

and who dun its

or eerie projections disguised as wisdom 

 all wondering about aimlessly 

Looking for the next tale to tell 

Unaware that they speak only against themselves

......

I just let them talk 

And let the sweetness of my sympathy linger on my tongue

- Sol