Extremely Rude

I have nothing against those mentally challenged.
I experience being challenged mentally on a daily basis,
Myself.
And accepting invitations to participate,
Is not on my top ten wish list.

Although,
It seems I am solicited regardless of my wishes.
And my only defense I use is to offend...
Someone who perceives,
My defense mechanisms beg for their ignorance.

With a showing of my disrespect they ask from me,
And I am made to feel obliged to deliver...
What they request from me and they get.
Since to ignore them,
Feeds the giving of their agitation.

'You are extremely rude.'

I find that to be a coincidence.
Since my rudeness would have never been shown,
If you had not insisted upon its appearance.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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