Now I can tell you’re irritated too –
you wisely try to alter how we speak.
But saying “I won’t go there” will not do,
unless you modify your own technique
of blurting statements generating pique
or begging a response that won’t concur.
We’re on the phone – you don’t throw out a slur –
but what’s “I find that interesting” to mean?
I can’t decline to speak and won’t demur.
We’re slogging in a fatuous routine.

(Dizain)