OPEN-MINDED

OPEN-MINDED

I’m not

Easily offended,

She said -

I’m very

Open-minded

That thing

You said

Went over

Their heads

But I understood

I laughed along -

Though it

Seemed wrong -

Alongside

Everybody else

When I

Got home

I thought

Some more

Then became outraged

It’s not just me

You understand?

She said -

I’m ever

So broad-minded

It’s for them

You see?

I became

Offended

On their behalf

They weren’t there

To defend

Themselves –

So I had to

Do it for them

They might

Be fine with it

Of course

But they

Mustn’t be exposed

To such

Outrageous

Offensive notions

Though I happen

To agree myself

I’m not

Easily offended,

You see -

I’m very

Open-minded

Martin A W Holmes, September 2016