Etiquette for Every Day

What if the proper etiquette

for this

   my denouement,

requires obnoxious pandering

        accepting reprimand

Instead of shuffling

          downturned eyes

the earth to glare upon

I’ll rise in solidarity

         and be already gone

#21 of 30 Poems in November to benefit Center for New Americans! I'm *slightly* behind but will catch up. Eek!