Crossed-Legged At Family Functions
Be sure to smile
but don't say too much.
Be careful, kid,
they're on-to you this time.
Laugh although its-not-funny,
certain they are judging.
Put your hands away
no one should see them shaking
(thumbs quiver when they finish
burying your-very-nature
deep within the pile-of-peacock-feathers
under childish notions.)
Look polite and don't be distasteful,
All these people love you.