Hearing the story

Of one man's glory

Listening to woe ...

Wiggling some toes



Some tales tell both

Some with a troth

We inject our snap

Others then react



From places devoid

Of gladness enjoyed

And so there's sniping

Amidst stereotyping



It needs be parlayed

In news not strayed

From truth's path ...

In which some bask



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

3:35pm Tuesday, Jan. 26th, 1999