Ambiguous Disgrace

Petty disagreements - yes, but the passion expressed 

pales ‘mere’ affectation of ideas-raised-voices are ego 

stress, & there we diverge & demur on whose bruises 

need the last word; conceding nothing to a contention 

the fault lies elsewhere, perhaps interpreting that tone 

over-used pretentiously as extremely irrelevant to the 

1st place context of whatever gave rise to dissent and 

causing that too to flee in an ambiguous disgrace 

So what are we fighting for; perhaps an exercise of a 

disordinate belief we’re ‘independent’ of each other’s 

peccadilloes such we’ve observed dispassionately, a 

wholly unbiassed mentor so to speak but keen to sic 

‘em in the spirit of the original insult before it deflates 

in the badinage of bad manners already displayed 

© 16 February 2015, I. D. Carswell