Fame and Notoriety

Martha and Michael and Colby
Have each been in the news
With some dreadful notoriety
That none of them would choose.
I am really feeling sorry
For these benighted folks
Who have been sorely subjected
To late night feeble jokes.

I wonder why so many like
To laugh at other's woes,
Whether guilty or innocent
At this time no one knows.
If Michael is found guilty of
The dreadful things they say,
He then must suffer consequence,
Be safely shut away.

Colby admits he's guilty of
Betraying his sweet wife;
Other charges not yet proven
Have changed his happy life.
Martha's charge of imperfecton
Is too sad to discuss.
If the perfect are not perfect,
What of the rest of us?

We have heard it so many times,
Money does not bring bliss.
I'd rather be a pauper than
To be accused like this.

Joyce 03/01/04