Becoming Effective

The loss of civility is palpable these days. In traffic, in line at the supermarket, even safely snugged away in your home just watching the news. People don't know how to behave any more. The loss of civility is directly proportional to a loss of one's humanity in this writer's opinion. Respect for others, the past, and the rules that govern a culture shows respect for oneself, and the inverse. This is an ironic poem I wrote about our modern mania to look out for number one.

   Becoming Effective 

   Throw out Robert’s 

   Rules of Order, 

   Throw them right 

   Out the window 

   Of a moving vehicle 

   As you cut off 

   Someone’s mother 

   In traffic. 

   Now you’re getting 

   It. 

   

   Wipe your ass with 

   Emily Post and 

   Roll up a big joint 

   In Romans 3:23. 

   Now you’re getting 

   It, 

   And getting it’s good 

   Because getting it’s 

   All you got left.

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