Honoring

Sometimes skirting

Uncomfortable

Issues will

Tie one up in knots.

Appropriate discourse

Breaches no

Laws of

Etiquette, of course.

Of course, on this day, and all others, it is imperative to engage in uncomfortable conversation. ALL people, each individual must look at him- or herself and ask hard questions regarding prejudice. It is so ingrained, we don’t notice it. We need to be mindful of our behavior.

Maybe if

I

Notice

Decades of repeated and

Failing-really-to-see behavior,

Uncluttered in the now, I will

Listen and watch a

New me, practicing

Equanimity,

Softening, and disposing of

Suppositions.