When one hears the same thing said again and again again

One either walks away from the source or turns down the gain

But when one reads similar things in work after work after work

I suspect the messages eventually filter through to blend and perk



In the past, things I've heard again and again and again, 

Finally changed me Into a very much more different man ... 

So, if repetition worked here, then I'm sure it does for most

For we usually absorb those which come from many posts



And if saying the same thing in very many different ways

Helps just one other person to come up through the haze

Then my work stands as something of which to be proud

And it really doesn't matter how many times it's all said 

                                            or even ... how loud ....



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

1:10pm Sunday 1/11/98