Scaremongering

There are people everywhere who can’t resist the chance

To talk about impending doom a great deal in advance;

There may be little evidence that it will come to pass,

Their loudly stated arguments being nothing but a farce.

But rumours of disaster often quickly gain long legs,

Even if their basis rests on nothing more than pegs;

And so they grow and very quickly  turn to actual facts,

With people adding details which they feel the story lacks,

Often causing panic for the people who don’t know

‘Twas nothing but scaremongers who had made the story grow.