Dancing Naked

They’ve wiggled and they’ve waggled 

Their long acidic tongues

Til now they’re dancing naked

But having so much fun!

The Proverbs wisely tell us

The gossip is a fool

But there are those who think it 

A very useful tool.

So cowardly they spread it round 

Til everybody’s heard

Then they just smile real smugly

Like they never said a word.

While trying to ruin others

Their cov’ring is all gone

Til now they’re dancing naked

But having so much fun!

But like the emperor with no clothes

Their secrets are laid bare

They’re too unwise to see the truth

Or else they do not care.

They’ve wiggled and they’ve waggled

Their long acidic tongues

Til now they’re dancing naked

But having so much fun!

-Mary Hardy Melton