Practicing Tact Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Practicing tact,
May work for those...
Who are expected to control,
Certain environments.

But old fashioned tactics,
To hold one's attention...
Today does not work.

Have you tried to teach,
A classroom of students...
Who have been fast food supplied,
And gone beserk?

Or listened to a parent who cries upon a visit...
Not understanding 'why' their 'babies',
Are locked up in a prison?

To then be told,
They should be held accountable...
For raising irresponsible children.
And when this is tried...
Some authority from the 'outside',
Tells them their methods applied...
Are not acceptable to 'standards'.
And their actions are denied!

Practicing tact,
May work for those...
Who are expected to control,
Certain environments.
However...
Practice does not make perfect,
If those allowing dysfunctions to exist...
Insist ideals more valued,
No one from them should run and hide.

Although laws created,
Protects a downslide!