There is no end of social cowpies
one must be aware of to avoid
overstepping the boundaries of
sensitivities. A paternalistic attitude
is offensive but one of avuncular
concern as example is tolerable.
Attuned to blistered attitudes of
entitled respect one treads gently
in exchanges with relatives, friends
and neighbours lest one offend.
Extreme cold has arrived and with it
empathy for the plight of wild animals
for whom appropriate food is put out
daily. Inadvertently we have given
offence to squirrels for the bread
squares today lacked peanut butter
or butter and still lie where they
were scattered, rejected. We now
imagine the squirrels' ire expressed
in mumblings of racism. The four
little baby carrots put out daily for
the rabbit was augmented to five
this day yet only four were taken
the rabbit balefully over its shoulder
expressing distaste for colonial rule.
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