<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491932" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Parroting Courtesies</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">my niece asks me to hand a spoon<br>and i ask her to say 'please' and she utters the word<br>(perhaps her mama does not teach her the word) <br>and i hand her the spoon and she is afraid to say the word 'thank you'<br>and i tell her to say the word and she says it as though it is a strange word<br>for her (perhaps her dad, who is my brother seldom uses the word in their <br>house) <br>and then i tell her after she says thank you 'welcome my dear'<br>and she giggles, perhaps the words are ticklers to her frail body<br>to her small hands, to her fingers which grabbed the spoon as though<br>there are not so many</div><div style="margin:10px 0">so many spoons in this world, we know that, <br>but the courtesies are forgotten, as this happens i feel like i am <br>parroting words, and sometimes i reflect: do i also really understand<br>these words, deep down to the longings of my heart? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">thanks, but am i that really thankful to God?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491932" data-title="Parroting Courtesies de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="my niece asks me to hand a spoon and i ask her to say 'please' and she utters the word (perhaps her mama does not teach her the word) and i hand her the spoon and she is afraid to say the word 'thank you' and i tell her to say the word and she sa..."></div> </div> </div>

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