A Fondness for Pensive Gullibility

Truer words could never have been spoken
than the phrase, "A glutton for his punishment".
I used to believe it was that you liked it
but now, I believe I know just what was meant.

One need not, have a fondness for huge disrespect
but, a care-not attitude towards being free,
if you don't mind being bound by the ropes of circumstance
then you deserve the outcome handed to thee.

It's sort of like, "You've made your bed, now lie in it"...
and, the pig-stye you end up with serves you right,
if you can't see to change things in your favor
then you must like being made a fool of, every night !

The only other scenario that it could be
is, that something has gone "soft" between your ears,
so, the fact that everyone runs right over you
means, you haven't the intelligence of your peers.

Then, of course they'd think you'd have to be joking
if you'd change horses, in the middle of the stream,
and suddenly demanded a modicum of respect
no one would take you seriously, so it would seem.

So, if you find yourself inside this quandry
where you wish to do much more, than merely pout,
simply disregard their disruptive nature
and show them, what a "glutton for punishment's" all about !