A man hears something, rumored,
Quickly he chats it on, addicted to news,
So that what he knows unconfirmed..,
Draws an ever-widening circle.
In the end it comes back to him, too. -
Now the man beams with happiness:
Forgetting that he did it himself,
Gladly he sees his rumor confirmed.
-Eugen Roth
Image: A. Paul Weber "The Rumor
