the rumor

the rumor goes
around, a thin bare
scandalous whisper,
a thread, if you
will, of maybe.
no one knows
for sure, whether
true or false, but how
juicy it has
become. you
listen and listen
and add your own
imagination
and thoughts
to what it will
become or not.
what strange fun
it is to hear as long
as you are not
the one.