The dictionary describes it as an act of sexual unfaithfullness

This means that the partaking of any sexual act not blessed

By the sanctity of two who are perceived to be betrothed

Cannot be condoned and thus - is a symbol of the unclothed



Manner in which they two go about their intense affair

Whether it is face to face, or - simply, through air

Upon which rides words exchanged thru modems and phones 

And thus these exchanges are not any the less prone



To the misunderstandings and confusion which abounds

When deceived partners become privvy to these sounds

And thus in pain and hurt, for they've been swindled

By collusions of the mind which have thus kindled



Fires which raged in hearths which had been warmed

By logs which burnt from end to end through storms

Only to have found that all of their shared ordeals

To have been borrowed by another - frankly, stealed 



If you don't think this hurts other sensitive souls

Then your passion is stilted, and thus getting old

It's better you open up your mind and look back in

To see carefully what it is which lies under skin.



- Tristram