Unnoticed I quietly slipped away
from the over-crowded room
words vilified and polluted within
there was too much gloom

I didn't say anything
all I did was to lend my ears
they spoke like chosen prophets
they stirred up apocalyptic fears

to the guillotine they referred
and next the execution on the electric chair
the listeners could hardly breathe
visibly they trembled--the tension they couldn't bear

the gentle evening breeze greeted me
as I stepped away from the closed door
I wondered and wondered--how
such people could assume they knew infinitely more!