Civility
Civility is a contextual axiom.
It means something different in each scene,
As the banquet in the governor’s mansion
is different from “in company of a Queen”.
Civility in the heated town hall meeting,
may mean shouting at a lower decibel
While civility at a poet’s reading
May mean total quiet at the table.
No one expects more than that which is due.
Rights don’t exceed the other person’s word.
Order is maintained in the way it is supposed to.
We all have our turn, to act or be heard.
© Apr 06 2010
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