Federer’s retiring,
He finally announced.
He hasn’t played in ages, but
The newshounds, they all pounced.
A classy player, through and through,
He ranks up with the best,
To which his many titles
And his sponsors will attest.
It wasn’t a surprise for fans
And yet the message sent
Is that, in tennis circles,
There is something to lament.
.
If you're some kind
of a celebrity
or one endowed with
notoriety,
not a few newshounds
want very badly
to crash and barge
into your privacy.
They can launch anytime
their invasion;
no, they don't need
your kind invitation.
They'll publish secrets
from your diary
and show soggy details
of your laundry.
Then their public reports,
spoken or sung,
melt as hard candy
on the gossip's tongue!
.
Not a few newshounds
want very badly
to crash and barge
into your privacy
if you're some kind
of a celebrity
or one endowed with
notoriety;
no, they don't need
your kind invitation,
they can launch anytime
their invasion;
they'll publish secrets
from your diary
and show soggy details
of your laundry
as their public reports,
spoken or sung,
melt like hard candy
on the gossip's tongue!
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