Gossip Spiders

Actors Patricia Burgemeister and
Kingsley Ehrich in Lillian Hellman's
"The Children's Hour"
presented by The Barn Theatre in
Stuart, Florida 9/27-10/13/13. The play
dramatically shows the possible,
far-reaching effects of vicious lies.

Lies and half-truths,
speculations out of context
weave a web of hurt containing
gossip spiders that will bite
each person within reach
but one day, sink their teeth,
releasing venom, back into the source.



(c) Ellen Gillette, 2013