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You Don't Need to Tell Me
by Karen C Vanderlaan → (All Poetry by Karen C Vanderlaan)
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A response to some folks at my job who felt they needed to drag me in to their gossip

You Don't Need to Tell Me

 

There are things you don't need to tell me,

But you do tell me anyway,

Because you don't really know me,

 

For if you knew my character,

And how I conduct myself and my life,

You would save your words of caution.

For one more prone to gossip,

And drama, and all that other fluff,

Which so many seem to choose,

As part of how they live their lives.

 


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 Reviews of "You Don't Need to Tell Me"
Reviewed by Dawn Anderson
Reviewed on September 13, 2008
Karen, I love the way you write...always so to the point with so much depth.

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on September 12, 2008
Gossip comes from people who need attention, feel sorry for the damage they do to good people.

Reviewed by Bonnie May
Reviewed on September 12, 2008
No we don't need to tell you, you are straight forward and honest and wise woman. Well done. Love, Bonnie


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