“Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.” ~ James 1:26

(It always astonishes the poet that it seems to be the worst, most persistent, most chronic gossipers who are quickest to accuse her of writing something negative.)

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Insistent Inconsistency

Say it thrice behind your hands
It’s gossip delicious —
Write it once in honest verse,
Now the author’s vicious

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This poet is physically disabled. Public housing being insufficient to her medical and creative needs, she is presently living, in order to continue working, in her minivan, publishing all of her works using one thumb on the touch screen of her smartphone, surviving at an income of a fraction of her nation’s poverty level. She would treasure any donation you might care to offer ~ http://www.UgiftABLE.com ● #72D-31S.

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