No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another. ~ Sir Thomas Brown

My side of the street.
I may think she’s a negligent mother,
he far exceeds profligate spending,
they should cease their gossip.
But I have no business there.
I can be a better aunt to the child,
can watch my own budget
and decline to lend to the spendthrift,
can turn away from their gossip.
But it is not mine to condemn them,
only to keep my side of the street
clean.