The words that my parents
never used
from the house of white
they come –
I hear them on the news.
A behavior so childish
they would never approve,
yet the highest in the land
they sink –
decency forsooth.
Alas I miss those days
when civility was rule,
that kingdom of my parent’s
house –
politeness such a jewel!
1/2018
Anne's mediocre poetry 