Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

Equal Rights For the Polite

Pardon me, sir
    No, you go first
  You have right of way
    I defer to you. Go ahead

  No, really. I'm in no hurry
    Neither am I
  Well, then. I'll just wait for you
    And I for you ...

  Now this is getting a bit silly. Please, it's your right of way
    Oh? I'm not sure that I really have right of way. Plus I like it here
  Gosh, I'm going to ask this gendarme here to help us 
    No, no. NO need for that! He's got better things to attend to

  Mr. McConnell? Is that you? Imagine! I didn't recognize you in the sunlight
    Uh, yes, yes. It's me, alright, uh, er, Mr... Mr...
  Schumer. Mr. Charles Schumer. But you can just call me 'Chuck'  
    O yes. Sure. I know you now. So, please go ahead, Chuck. Time's a-wasting 

  Mr. McConnell, now that I'm sure it's really y--
    O, Officer! Mr. Policeman! May I have a word with y--

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Bj Legros Kelley May 14, 2023 at 12:34 AM Hmmm, reminds me of a four-way-stop in my neighborhood, it can be so frustrating! Lol!

Kim Rodrigues May 12, 2023 at 8:17 AM LOL! My husband tried that polite stuff with a New York woman…her brusk shoo and I laughed. Sometimes we hold up people with our rude politeness! Gershon Wolf May 13, 2023 at 8:55 PM New York, eh? A reporter once asked a New Yorker: "Excuse me sir, What do you think about the discovery of the 'Omnivoraciousaur?" The New Yorker, shot back: "What's an 'Excuse-me-sir?" OH, well...