pecking order

Pecking order © Tony Fallon 112217

It’s Thanksgiving Day and you are expecting a crowd

Will you again be ridiculed will you be cowed?

One holiday a year you are the waiter and chef

And if you should ever ask for help everyone is deaf

From the moment they came did they just complain?

Did they treat you like you were a real birdbrain?

Do they all sit around and watch you sweating?

Does anybody help you with the table setting?

Are you the kind who is always smiling?

While inside your blood is really boiling

Are you afraid to stand up for your rights?

Because in the past it always led to fights

Are you afraid to stand up and maybe lose face?

So when nobody is looking you go to the hiding place

And sip the magic that should make you brave

But it does not make the other people behave

So now you go for a refill and you’re speaking jargon

And you are feeling great anxiety into the bargain

This family gathering is slowly heading towards disorder

And it’s all because in this family there’s a pecking order

You are the youngest and supposed to be a good sport

So if you stand up for yourself you will get no support

You have spent two whole days in the kitchen slaving

So you have to decide if this annual affair is worth saving