The English Way of Behaving and Misbehaving in Present Day Society
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 13 years.
Stuck between a rock and a hard place in daily life
Trapped between speaking with no filter and having no tongue at all
Wondered when some strong nerve will return to the fold
Living inside a British television show where anything went on
Could get away with more than tasteful endeavors
Everything done better with an English accent
To mask any dark intentions behind the dialogue
Ready to run and hide from the classy mayhem
Trapped in a comedy closet full of errors and manners
Everyone so darn polite as they flung insults around
Like loose toys sticking out of a worn out wooden box
Dressed to the nines in 1920s garb but ruthless as a bootlegger
Carrying a loaded Tommy Gun and an attitude to spare
Inside a diamond studded change purse made by Tiffany & Co.
If there was such a thing they would likely be the culprits who made it
Lost inside a labyrinth of a sprawling manor on Downton Abbey
Full of Crawley family members loving and fighting each other in equal parts
Dame Maggie Smith always grabbing onto the best and brightest
Chock filled with enough sarcasm and vigor to make a younger woman blush
Able to carry enough dignity and wisdom to drive home any story point
Picturing Mary and Edith throwing verbal javelins at each other
Instead of embracing their sisterhood in a dignified manner
Some things will never change in the grand scheme of things
Sisters fight and brothers protect everyone at all costs
Embracing some present day conventions with some ties to past ties
Images of polite courting and a mild dash of a secret scandal tucked away
Blackmailers coming out of the woodwork and criminals running around
Ruling the house with an iron fist, but with enough wiggle room
To give some flexibility for special circumstances and other human behavior
Drinking tea and alcohol almost in tandem to function in everyday life
Nothing said classy like holding a teacup filled with a special brew
Wearing your Sunday bests and dancing the night away doing so
Even day to day decorum doesn't hide away weaknesses in character
Best to be delicately honest and still maintaining some level of dignity
With a sophisticated sense of humor to pinpoint society's flaws
Everything that a Graham Norton episode is filled with
Nothing better than some classically silly humor to lighten your mood
If only it could translate to living in the states
One can only hope.