“Please Shut Up”
(Tom Entrican, 11/12/2022)
Is it ever enough to bark and to fuss
Bringing misery with plenty to spare
To throw sticks and stones as if you must
Cause discomfort to everyone there
Is there really a need to tear it all down
As if the world orbits you
And screech about like an angry clown
Thinking everyone wants your review
Must you lay waste to everyone’s peace
So that your voice is all that they hear
With diatribe that feels like hot grease
As you burn it right into their ears
Can you not see the folly of being the one
That everyone seems to avoid
For fear of the vitriol they try to outrun
A voice that spews nothing but noise
Does it make any sense that they take offense
To the mean foul things that you say
Or why everyone is building a fence
In hopes just to keep you away
Do you understand why you have no friends
All the barriers that you construct
With tongue still wagging until the world ends
They all ask; “Will you please shut up”!