-in defense against a slanderous allegation-

no one holds credentials to justify assumptions 
that what I've documented happened otherwise, in that,

when once they may have mined the same set of jewels,
they've cultivated none of them.

along the way I've recorded their names, so that they

retain an invaluable place of historic standing

for being at the same place at the same time,–– but

none may now lay claim to being "counter-storytellers"

let alone be granted platforms to submit hearsay opinions
that anything of what I've documented happened otherwise.

I'm in good shape and because I'm in good shape

everyone else is in good shape.