Subject: A Cuss Here, A Cuss There
From: Christopher W. Thomas (creatician@poetic.com)
Host: dnb-as1s33.erols.com
Date: Fri Dec 26, 1997 at 7:24PM

Abuse comes in all shapes and sizes

But the one which wins all of the prizes
Is vulgar language - it tends to set the scene
For others to react violently, as they steam

If you want to lessen the chance of this abuse
All you need do is keep yourself from being loose
With your tongue and saying some hurtful things
Which many will misinterpret as such - for the ring

In their ears is layered with the pain of the cuss
Which we see as patently offensive, and then must
Either fight back - or close down our connection ...
The latter being the better choice, as it lessens friction

If you fight back, taking it all in - it is doubtful it'll get better
Because some are looking for the chance to state in letters
Those things which they're inhibited from saying elsewhere
For if they did it within their reality, they'd get hit with a chair

So don't play into their hands - for you cannot win the game
Just exit out, and then later - come back to chat once again
And remember to avoid the cusses which so set the scene
For if you do - you'll have more enjoyment, and no mean

- Tristram
7:25pm Boxing Day 97