Best Courteously Poems

Silent- head down low
Eyes flickering away
Emotions masked so they won't show
Biting your tongue day after day

Polite smiles and gestures
Careful thoughts only spoken
Honest conversations rarely a pleasure
To keep traditions from being broken

Guilt at judgments that spill
Anger at being restrained
Lying's a necessary skill
Inconvenient truths are detained

We're 'polite'...

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