Keep Your Cool Poem by John Sensele

Don't throw the baby with the bathwater
When a clumsy associate somehow steps on your toes
Because insinuations and recriminations portray your attitude no better
Than the magnitude of platitudes and vicissitudes of your foes.

Don't cut your nose to spite your face
When partners and retainers stoop beneath their dignity
Because tit-for-tat actions, infractions, reactions and sanctions only displace
The quantities of qualities you possess beyond infinity.

Don't give tongue wagers, detractors and busybodies a chance
When in your workplace, in your private place and in your church
Blinds of small minds endeavour perchance to cast a glance
That sinks beneath your skin, leaving you in the lurch.

Don't get hot under the collar or see red
When an irritation coupled with frustration sneaks
Into your space, racing to breed and spread
Spices of lies on your wall with FB wicks, sticks and clicks.