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Scoundrel’s Commandments

Thou shall find fault in thyself and others,

Or else loose thy right to criticize

Thou shall find time to embarrass thy mothers,

Or for your birth, thou shall apologize

Thou shall make fun of stupidity, and bigotry,

Or in disregard, empower such hates

Thou shall suffer, then smash thy teacher’s rigidity,

Or thou shall grow to resent their learned traits

Thou shall blunder in where others tread lightly,

To defuse harmful secrets, and not be surprised

Thou shall be thought of charming, but also wily,

So as a friend, thou shall always be prized

Thou shall make thy japes private, and tasteful,

Gaudy humiliations thou should make not

Thou shall laugh with thy patsy, not at, not cruel,

Make legends of jokers, and jokees begot

Thou shall find time for thy parents and children,

Time for them thou shall always allot

Thou shall always remember, every time and again,

Truths are perspectives; thou shall not say thou shall not