Meddlers

 

Meddlers

Busybodies, they are here, there
and everywhere. Vigilant
to a fault in ferreting out
instances where they can intervene
knowingly proffering
an unsought solution to an
absent problem. Quite possibly
these are insecure personalities
seeking attention even admiration
certainly affirmation that what
might elude others is plain
to their way of thinking. They
have all the answers to all
the questions that bedevil society
quite aside from the fact that
no one has sought their opinion
and when it's given it is viewed as
an inappropriate and irritating
addition to a situation viewed as
quite complete as it is. They flatter
themselves as philosophers. Those who
prefer civility will grimace and pass on
while others with justification will
plainly reject the gratuitously smug
interference with a well-chosen
phrase of contempt. Perhaps we see
in ourselves a glimmer of the very same
predilection successfully subdued
a discomfiting awareness of a
similarity between ourselves and the
maddeningly insistent bore society
collectively holds in contempt.