Give Em 5
By Les Walker, HMP Gartree
Do you ever judge a book by its cover?
Do you ever look at a man and judge him by his mug?
Or looked at another and thought him a thug.
And get someone else and think him a lug.
A conclusion formed before he opens his mouth.
So, you close your mind because of what you see.
You’re deaf before he makes a sound.
The guy you see could be a decent Gadge.
When his words come out a total ledge.
Funny, insightful, inspiring, delightful.
But what you see you formed a conclusion.
A conclusion based on your bias illusion.
Or is it our own twisted mind’s delusion?
Is this why we pay so much heed to what we see?
He’s a scruff, a snob, he’s thin, he’s fat.
Look at the state of him he must be a tw”t.
Could it be a human nature to say what we see?
And what we see is how it must be.
Or is that an excuse so people can be prats.
Forming a conclusion because someone’s wearing tat.
Or because he’s thin or because he’s fat.
We need to take 5 and stop being so old hat.
And listen to the person under the tat.
Even if he is thin, fat, scruffy or what.
Without forming conclusion, you may have a good chat.
And even if you don’t and the man is a tw”t.
Then at least you gave him 5 and you can’t be fairer than that.