Basic Courtesies!

Vol. 1  Chap. 467

            Basic Courtesies!

        Those Lessons of My Youth Aren’t Blurred!

        All My Mom’s Teachings, This Girl Heard!

        They Start With Basic Courtesies!

        Say, “Thank You!” and Of Course Say, “Please!”

        If From All Groups Some Kid’s Left Out,

        Then Introduce Them All About!

        We All Get Shy Once In a While!

        At Times We All Need a Warm Smile!

        If We Could All Stop the Shouting …

        Angry Words … Immature Pouting …

        Drop For Once, Preconceived Notions!

        Get a Grip On Our Emotions!

        No One Asked, “Friends, Lend Me Your Tongues!”

        Yet Some Yell as Loud as Their Lungs

        Allow, to Block Some New Idea!

        It’s Civil Discourse They Most Fear!

        Aretha Was Right!   What the Heck

        Can We Lose By Giving RESPECT?

        And Remem’brin What All Moms Taught,

        “Show Up Polite!   Or You’ll Show … Not!”

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y’All!

Love~Grampa