A Poison Letter

By luigi_pagano

Fri, 21 Jul 2017
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It arrived in the post this morning.
I knew the letter was anonymous
although I hadn’t had any warning.
The words within were venomous,
the invectives it expressed vitriolic.
I could not think of anyone so sad
who would sent a missive so diabolic:
they were either dysfunctional or mad.
He or she wasn’t so much as talking
as ranting with a badly written page.
It amounted literally to a stalking,
with a poison pen spewing its rage.
The accusations in it made no sense,
I had never seen the girl in question
and I hadn’t committed any offence
but that was the writer’s suggestion.
That I should have seduced this maid
in the back seat of my car in a lay-by
is a ludicrous statement, I am afraid:
I don’t drive or have a car - so it’s a lie.
 
© Luigi Pagano
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Comments

Submitted by celticman on

aha, more likely to be a tweet that would be sent to unseat such a foul cad that thinks the other quite mad. 

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

It is very doubtful that such venom could be expressed in less than 140 characters, Jack. It has to be on watermarked Basildon Bond writing paper.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Givng vent to hatred and malice doesn't bring relief, and so often shoots out its arrows at the wrong person. I suppose it's even easier to tweet or email such with haste and little thought, but, of course, not so easy to remain anonymous. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Anonymous callers can use a variety of means to spread their vitriol and they are also able to hide their identity even through the most sophisticated technology. Lately I have heard of something called the 'dark web' which is the equivalent of IT's underworld.

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

I think your correspondent must have got the alleged details from that firm that keeps phoning me because they 'understand' I have had a recent car accident.  As I haven't had a car for seventeen years, it's a bit of a puzzle. They obviously branch into blackmail when all else fails!

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I have received similar calls, Jane, asking to speak to a Mr. Joy P. which happens to be my wife's name who to the best of my knowledge  has not changed sex. About 25 years ago somebody ran into her car causing some damage which was settled by their insurer at the time. I think my correspondent is a bit behind with the facts.
No need to worry; other callers tell me that they can stop nuisance calls for 59p. a week.
Should I tell them that I wasn't born yesterday?