Verbal Cannibalism

Consume all you can of slander

Feed off of slur and banter

sweet morsels they fill your heart

deep down in your inmost part

I believe, it must be true!

I think I heard it, did you?

I saw, I felt, I assumed

I ate and drank and chewed

Biting, gnawing at your life

adding sauce and some spice

nipping and taking my share

Your reputation? Who cares?!

Slice off a bit for me

disassembling with glee.

All you are is now on plates

shared with “friends”, in all 50 states

I believe, it must be true!

I think I heard it, did you?

I saw, I felt, I assumed

I ate and drank and chewed

When licking the last bone

No one wants to go home

They seek a new tasty fable

Beware if you sit at this table

You could be their next meal

Gossip and slander don’t feel

They just whisper and slight.

Verbal cannibalism their plight

“The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.”

Proverbs 18:8

“A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.” Proverbs 16:26