Play the B-Side

Play the B-side,

read the prologue,

smile at shop assistants.

Be the nice one,

leave the last bun,

put up scant resistance.

Do the right thing,

act the sidekick,

pride is not persistence.

Say it’s okay,

we’ll do it that way,

a deal in every instance.

Stop the fighting,

start the talking,

or end our own existence.