Water Falling

Water falling
  sounds like--
  children giggling,
  people whispering,
  babbling, trickling.
  Spreading thirsty rumors
  throughout the mill,
  pushing public secrets
  thru the private pipes
  until--
  Exposed! someone turned the screw,
  forced the flow
  and found them out,
  information leaking down,
  down and out
  the rusty spout,
  (mindless faucet) spilling careless
  splashing to the basin,
  the sink, I think,

sighs and pouts--and the water,
  reluctantly, finds it's way out.