To be seen , Not heard
Papa always carries a banner
it says "mind your manners" ,
but whenever we converge for dinner
he is the first sinner .
Papa broke wind at the table
while we all angrily grumbled
no one could talk or do anything
if you do it's your skin


one day, the youngest of all got fed up
decided to be a coward no more
he wagged his finger at papa and said
papa lets be reasonable okay?
to give an instruction and do the opposite
is a mark of an hypocrite.
Aghast at his insolence
papa smacked him with much violence