Brats

This is pure gibberish
Everything they say
Does not make one BIT
Of sense.

Mature adults ought to
Act their age
As opposed to
Pretending to be
Much younger
Than I

Why! The foolish things
They all say.
Apparently
I should be talking,
Should be speaking,
Should be sounding out
Simple little words.

But woe betide those
Who bible-lize parenting books.

Whatever happened before
Before all the nonsense
About guidebooks.
Those parents!
They were the smart ones.
They would chastise babies.
Yes, BABIES.
They would even scold them.
Sometimes corporal punishment
Would come into play.

Ahh...
But the parents today.
They are a bunch of
Soft little
Pampered
Brats.