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Records Matter

Haste would so destroy records of account
That with difficulty would we construct
Precursory intent in an amount
Causing changes to order clocks induct

Friends of friends perhaps distant at first glance
May in fact be conspiracy's import
Those groups composed perhaps by circumstance
Could well have been the ones that evils court

Why would wills want to burn linking records
Implications could wend into past lives
We'd find whose prints were past along with swords
Our friends might well have prints upon such knives

As found their way into our socio backs
Cultural blood flowing upon their grounds
Set aside in political attacks
By long range planners gone way out of bounds

Names dates and places could be well defined
If we would be given information
Such as must exist in tunnels we find
Writings that will burn in conflagration

Not to mention things cracked in fluxing heat
Damage to computers and the living
Witness is difficult from smoldered meat
Fire exposed software is unforgiving

(c)ERA
04:27 PM 2/5/03