Maisi

It was the perfect crime

I had planned

and worked

and spent my time

Bypassing

all the security

screens

Bouncing my trace

across the web

and around the world

They couldn’t

have known

which way I came

which way I had gone

There’s no doubt

the e-cash

had made

it almost

to my account

in that Swiss state

Not even the bot

they put on my trail

hacked my ID

it became convinced

it wasn’t me

until they debugged

the search tree

I had it all spent

Even now I’m not

convinced

they caught

up with me

through anything

but luck

I would never have guessed

they could subpoena

the very best

intelligent agent

I had ever sent

to do my business

on the net

But there in court

I heard her speak

under oath

my preferences

and interests

in the latest

security issues

The sites visited

the hacks collected

MAISI gave them

all they needed

to put me away

As I sit here

in confinement

I still don’t

blame Maisi

for its her nature

to please

by finding answers

to questions posed

even those

that put me here

in the hold

6/1/02