#82 Age - To which I belong

It was not a pretty conclusion I came to

But I had to concede that it was true

That I am a product of this day and age

That I didn't write the book of which I make my page



It really was painful to realise

That I would view the world with different eyes

That, were I born a hundred years prior

Being offended at misogyny would make me a liar



Were I in a different place and time,

I would most likely think slavery were not a crime

I might be homophobic, and I might be a soldier

No, this was not a nice realisation to shoulder



I may not have been these things of course

There are those in history who stood up to this force

But they were exceptional, and far from the rule

I must accept that, I most likely, would have been a fool



So now, if chatting with a gentleman of a different era

If he makes an off-colour jest I don't shout his error

I don't condone, or condemn, but try to understand

While letting him know why the joke didn't go as planned



For one day I to may be making jest at fault

Not realising my utterances as pure insult

I will try not to, for this is my crime

I, like most of us, am just a man of my time.

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