When You Think You'Re On Mute

When you think you’re on mute You don’t monitor speech So you don’t know how far Conversations may reach. On a break from my class Which is held via Zoom, Someone talked on the phone Privately, she’d assume. But we all had to hear How her train had been stuck, Her annoyance conveyed With a sprinkling of “F***!” Many people do worse, Strut around in the nude, And I sometimes, myself, Use some language that’s crude. Still, when tech is involved, We should all be astute And remember, when needed, To make ourselves mute.