Dysfunctionality Poem by Francis Duggan

The fellow next door spends too much of his life
Shouting at his children and arguing with his wife
And though that is his business and his business his own
What goes on in his home by him is made known.

His wife just as bad as him at him shouts back
To her the best form of verbal defence is the verbal counter attack
It takes two to quarrel as some like to say
And with her he does not have things all his own way.

But when in the park they do walk hand in hand
Human behaviour I do find hard to understand
Perhaps they must argue for to reconcile
And together then walk hand in hand for awhile.

Of their business they don't leave their neighbours in doubt
They shout at each other and at their children shout
And the foul language they use between them not worthy of repeat
Yet they walk hand in hand in the park and the street.

For their dysfunctional behaviour their children must pay
And learned behaviour is repeated some say
And in years from now their children will argue with their husbands and wives
The gene of dysfunctionality through generations survives.