Doing That To Ourselves Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Anyone convinced to believe,
It is their duty and obligation...
To display in any way a disrespect,
Shown to others with a doing to expect...
Acceptance without their behavior being corrected,
Is someone who has been taught.

And there are so many like this,
Quick to be offended to not have graduated...
Beyond an escalating of ignorance.
To only become offended,
When believed themselves to be mistreated...
By others who have witnessed,
People abusing themselves just for the amusement of it.

'They treat us as if we are less than human beings.
Just because we've been doing this to ourselves,
Doesn't mean we are requesting assistance.'

So...
When will you quit administrating your own mistreatment?

'Let me make this perfectly clear.
We are accustomed to abusing ourselves.
And the fact that we disrespect each other,
Is not an open invitation for outsiders to do it.
And that is the reason why we've come together in protest.'