Courtesy

“May I help you?”
“Thank you.” “Please.”
“Beg your pardon.”
“Yes, I agree.”
A cheerful “Bless you” when I sneeze.
Courtesy is made of these.

“After you. Please, go ahead.”
“Won’t you sit and break some bread?”
Can’t read what’s inside your head, so
Some things better left unsaid.

Fair to you is fair to me,
The boon of reciprocity,
The bedrock of civility,
The heather’s breath upon the breeze.

Every heart craves sympathy
With soft indulgent chivalry,
The precursor to comity and
Laughable affability.

So, grace be kind and courteous
Replete with geniality,
And life be kind to bear in mind
That this is how it’s meant to be.

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