from an unseen censer in poetry

names have been changed to protect the innocent
names have been changed to protect the dubious concept of innocence
names have been changed to protect myself from my proclivity toward insolence
names have been changed

names have been changed at the lawyers' insistence
names have been changed out of deep-seeded cowardice
names have been changed to sacrifice meaning at the altar of unintended consequence
names have been changed

names have been changed because the truth doesn't make you friends
names have been changed hoping the means can be justified by the ends
names have been changed so that the guilty can continue to pretend
names have been changed!

names have been changed
but fuck it
I'm actually talking about you