From: "Elwood Wolftaur" <blues_hound@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:19:36 PST

Elwood writes:

"Some explanation must be given, otherwise [this parody] makes no sense. It is derived from the song "Who am I?" from "Les Miserables" (which, incidentally, is a wonderful production and must be seen to be appreciated, much like "Cats") which was sung at a critical plot point. In it, Jean ValJean, under an assumed name, is mayor of a small village. His enemy, Inspector Javert, tells him that he has captured who he believes is ValJean (who is wanted for breaking parole) and that the man will be tried and sent back to his punishment. ValJean then asks of himself if he can let an innocent take the blame for him. Well, I just twisted the words a bit (and then rather badly) to mean that an older zoophile is being tried and one of his fellows (who may not have even known him) questions himself whether or not it is right to let him go alone. When I say going to trial too late means that he is on in years. If you are punished while young, you can either go free and be left alone, or serve time in prison and be out while still young enough to have a long, loving life."


"What am I?"
By: The Blues Hound (Elwood Wolftaur)

What am I?
Can I lock out this man's plight from me?
Pretend that he deserves this agony?
This innocent who bears our fate,
Who goes to judgement far too late...
What am I?
Can we conceal ourselves forevermore?
Pretend we're not the ones that they abhor?
It's true our names be but a cry
Of the damned that must die
But must we lie?
We could, of course, then face our fellow men,
But could we ever face our lovers again?
Our hearts belong to animals, you know,
We made that choice not long ago
They gave us love when love was gone
They gave us hope to journey on.
What am I?
What are WE?
We are Zoophiles!
And only thus our hope is: To
Live our lives to ourselves, True.
What am I?
A Z-O-O-PHI-LE!
