Fighting For a Calm Life - comic poem184 by Angela Lansbury

 

Fighting For A Calm Life - comic poem 184  by Angela Lansbury

2023 Tuesday April 11^th

 

Some small brains are overwhelmed by emotion

In public places they cause a commotion

Better watch out when you try to intervene

You must assess your approach to such a scene

 

If experience of fights is what you lack

Don’t go in face on or they might hit you back

Before you rush in and boldly intervene

Remember fighters turn on those in between

 

It’s like racing to rescue someone who’ll drown

Swim to face them, they grab your neck, pull you down

That way you’re no help, because two people drown

I tried to save my mother, that’s why I frown

 

You need a strong man who swims in from the back

Then pulls them back away from the deadly track

Pull potential victims right away from harm

With a little charm, listen and restore the calm

Here are some rules to help to small newbies and  big fools 

One drinks, another drives, that way you save lives

Don't start a fight, don't spill a drink, nor make passes

When you try to stop fights, first remove glasses

Some small brains are overwhelmed by emotion

In public places they can cause a commotion

But be prepared when you try to intervene

Be the one who knows how to sort out the scene.

-ends-

 

I started with the first couplet, about emotion, then noise in public places, as I swam I thought of the time my mother nearly drowned and I tried to rescue her. Then My father and another man dived in and pulled her to the side.

After this real life emotion, at the end of the poem I restore calm.

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