I am very understanding
Of being with a crowd,
But why, when people do it
Do they have to be so LOUD?
Why, when in a restaurant
Do they have to SHOUT,
As if, when socialising,
Thats what its all about.
They are sitting close together,
Their bodies even touch,
So why then, when they’re talking,
Do they have to scream so much?
These are ordinary people,
Not exceptional or strange
So why can’t their verbalisations
Be within the normal range?
I hear their decibellows
In this socialising trap
And I wonder as I listen
Why the content is just crap?
They’re not talking, they’re competing
To command the centre stage
At a time when Narcissism
Is a symptom of the age.
Squawking instead of talking,
Empty chatter, senseless noise,
And sadly its indulged in
By girls as well as boys.
I am very understanding
Of being with a crowd,
But why, when people do it
Do they have to be so LOUD?
Lynne Joyce 25.04.2014