Of course there are some privacy issues

But before I start - let me get a tissue ...

For the matter of privacy promotes tears

And for some - it spells redundant fears



For this writer, there are matters which'll not be touched

Names are withheld, along with crude language, much -

Of which - is just so unnecessary, and so crass and tasteless

Just as is name-calling ... which, in writing words, is faceless



So, I suspect, in the interest of just good taste

Those words posted in the past are now erased

And if they aren't - then they certainly should be

For gossip has no place in any state or country



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

11:21pm Friday, Oct. 9th, 1998