don’t say this                                                                                                                                                                                             say that

but don’t say it now                                                                                                                                                                          say it later

                                                                                     and in a different voice

someone else’s voice. you have to guess whose voice to use, and what we mean by “later”.

i wouldn’t talk about that if i were you, or at the very least not to them.

i think you should wait a while before you risk bringing this matter up again.

sit in the corner. no not that corner! the other corner!

and speak loudly enough so we can’t hear (whisper whisper whisper whisper)

she’s so stupid she doesn’t even know which corner to sit in!

you must have known this about that. but not that about them.

and by the way you are the wrong size anyway. and shape. what a silly shape.

didn’t we tell you that you had to squeeze your squareness into that round hole?

i’m sure we warned you about the size and shape stuff right from the start,

when you were so little you hadn’t had the chance to put your great galumphing foot in it

then tread the mess all over our immaculate carpet.

we are the arbiters of reason, and we are legion.