Everybody announcing things are all free

But what it comes down to for you and me

Is a nominal amount must be paid - a fee

In order to get the rest of it, so to please



Yourself, and the vendor - pay this amount

And then the rest is free - a veritable fount

A cornucopia of treasures all piled together

Just for paying the one small fee - a pleasure



But once you've done it - it'll never all end

As then, they will get you to spend and spend

Eventually, it'll exhaust everything you have

Then, you won't be so glad, you've been had



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

8am Friday, Feb. 6th, 1998