If I clearly understand
you intend no demand,
I´ll usually respond when you call.
But if you come across
like a high and mighty boss,
you´ll feel like you ran into a wall.
And when you remind me
so piously
about all those things you´ve done for me,
you´d better get ready:
Here comes another bout!
Then you can shout,
you can spit,
moan, groan, and throw a fit;
I still won´t take the garbage out.
Now even if you should change your style,
It´s going to take me a little while
before I can forgive and forget.
Because it seems to me that you
didn´t see me as human too
until all your standards were met.
"Song from Brett" by Marshall B. Rosenberg
from the book ´Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life´
