Saturday, June 3, 2017

Manners, Please!


Let’s face it, you learned from your people,
And I learned from mine. This doesn’t make
Us right or wrong. Well, in some cases it may.

Mostly our differences will not come up as
A topic for discussion at the dinner table.
Politics and religion aside, I could, however,

Take exception with the way you handle a
Knife and fork while slicing that piece of
Meat off the bone. I prefer picking up the

Chop with my hands, and ripping directly with
My teeth in order to get at those hard to get to
Pieces of flesh while you meticulously struggle

With your utensils like a doctor performing
Microscopic surgery. I see both ways of
Approaching the problem at hand. Your way

Certainly seems more fitting and appropriate
When dining with the sociably elite. But for
Just the two of us eating alone, I choose to

Launch my attack tearing away at the meat with
My teeth directly from the bone. No need to be
Alarmed or displeased, for you see I happen to

Come from a long line of ill-mannered and slov-
Enly beasts. And too, may I remind, you’re seated
At my table; I was the one who invited you.


Chris Hanch 6-3-17

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