Family Values

H M Bascom
Author: H M Bascom
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Family Values

Just saying . . .


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If you’ve been married more than once
And been engaged in serial romance
You might not be best qualified
And your strict morality mollified
When you speak of family values

If you have a child but no spouse
And you condemn another’s house
You might not be best suited
Or quite as holy as reputed
If you speak of family values

If you condemn the single mom
And your daughter gets pregnant at the prom
You might want to rethink your stand
And pull your head out of the sand
Then you speak of family values

When you go to Church to pray
And openly condemn the gays
While your brother is in the closet
Closely examine the truths you posit
Before you speak of family values

If you protest school sex education
But won’t engage your kids in conversation
Then your son comes home with a disease
You should teach the birds and bees
Before you speak of family values

Clean your own house and leave me to mine
My family is for me to define
Nothing matters more than this:
To live and love and to peacefully exist
This is family values

  • Impassioned

    Impassioned

    Excellent!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you!

  • cougarfan

    cougarfan

    Wow!!!!!!! This Is Awesome And So True…. You Got My Heart:)

  • H M Bascom replied

    Watch out for those pointing fingers! LOL Thank you Mrs. Sheffield. :-)

    (did I spell your name correctly?)

  • Isa Rodriguez

    Isa Rodriguez

    you sure know how to say it girl….......so well .. .

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you so much!

  • Juilee Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    very nice words Helen…. and yes indeed beautifully put as well

  • H M Bascom replied

    My little way of telling people to mind their own family values. :-)

  • Tara Sheffer-Archie

    Tara Sheffer-A...

    Excellently written Helen!!!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thanks Tara

  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s always those who cast the first stone….xoxooxxo

  • H M Bascom replied

    Motes and logs, casting stones . . . Some lessons are never learned no matter how often they are taught. Thanks Sally.

  • Matt Penfold

    Matt Penfold

    Oh Helen, surely the self righteous have the right to judge, isn’t it their God given right? ;-)

  • H M Bascom replied

    Of course Matt. Being judgmental is right up there with gun ownership.

  • cougarfan

    cougarfan

    Yes You Did LOL!!!!!!!!!! For My Healing Process I Told Jerame Sorry For What I Called Him…...But I Told Him That I Could Never Be Friends With Him Because Of The Way He Is!

  • H M Bascom replied

    You did the right thing for you. Honesty. It’s a good policy. :-)

  • Nancy Stafford

    Nancy Stafford

    I always liked you writting it has so much meaning to it..

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thanks Nancy. I’m glad you read my ramblings. :-)

  • Jason Laderoute

    Jason Laderoute

    Impressive Like this alot Helen

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you very much Jason. :-)

  • Ellen Price

    Ellen Price

    Excellent …Well written and very powerful!!!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thanks Ellen. I’m glad you like it.

  • DanaMS

    DanaMS

    Just beautiful…

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thanks Dana. xo

  • ArcadiaTempest

    ArcadiaTempest

    It is always so much easier for ‘some’ to look at others with a critical eye than to look what is in their own backyard. Looking in your own backyard I believe is always an ongoing process….there are always the weeds to tend to, plants to water, new plants to nuture….. I am not as aware about the world as I maybe should be but I do know that I have my heart first in my own backyard with the desire of being a consistent gardener.

  • H M Bascom replied

    So right you are Arcadia! Once we start spending our time judging others by an impossibly high standard the weeds will take over in our own gardens. Thank you for reading and for your insightful comment.

  • TextureoftheSin

    TextureoftheSin

    I enjoy your writing very much

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thanks TOS!

  • VanSnuG

    VanSnuG

    Joining the Family. :-D

  • H M Bascom replied

    Welcome.

  • Kelly J

    Kelly J

    Love this writing helen! Spot on the money! Dont cast stones when you live in glass houses I say! Brilliant !

  • H M Bascom replied

    Yes. The thing about truisms, they are based on truth. Imagine that. LOL

  • dimsim

    dimsim

    great :)

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you. :-)

  • lazydaze

    lazydaze

    haha thats AWSOME !!

  • H M Bascom replied

    xoxo Thanks!

  • Gregory John O'Flaherty

    Gregory John O...

    Good one Helen. Nice read…..................... with the majority of crime commited by a family member on another family member, I wonder what family values really are….

  • H M Bascom replied

    I sure as hell don’t want my family to end up like the dysfunctional collection of mentally ill people I hear spitting and shitting about family values on the daily news. Gimme a break! I want to shout at them to stop beating your wife, cheating on your husband, abusing your own children, THEN come talk to me about family values. Thanks for reading Gregory.

  • OZZREBELXTI

    OZZREBELXTI

    Well said Helen and so very true.

  • H M Bascom replied

    Mirrors are useful tools. But you can lead a hypocrite to a mirror, but you can’t make them look. :-)

  • Luke Luther

    Luke Luther

    Helen, the muses have daily tea with you I see. Creative juices are flowing full time for you. I love this. It is the beginning of a beautiful collaboration here with one of your cohorts.

  • H M Bascom replied

    LOL You make it sound like an artistic conspiracy. :-) Thanks Luke

  • mychaelalchemy

    mychaelalchemy

    bravo!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you.

  • JenLand

    JenLand

    Fantastic Helen, always in your face and speaking the truth!!! Luv ya!!!

  • H M Bascom replied

    xoxo

  • linaji

    linaji

    Wow Helen ... this is priceless along with a crusty old cunt.. you says it like it is.. OUr own pie is the key. I find that being here is a huge lesson for me time after time.. when I feel like I am ‘loosing’ someone or something to the ‘not knowing’ of the other.. I have to go to me and find out what I can do right now to stop thinking about things I can really know nothing about unless I see the person or talk with them.. and even then.. nothing is guarenteed that what they say or do means anything ….’true’.. so what is all I know is me. how can I be true to me… and you always bring up the stuff that reminds me that this is so. Your a great Artist and Writer Helen and I am so glad to share time with you here.

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you for your inspirational comment linaji. I am the one who is honored and privileged by the fact that you take time from your life to listen to me. I am eternally grateful. :-)

  • kimangeline

    kimangeline

    well said…a favorite biblical verse comes to mind.. “let he who is without sin cast the first stone”... great job!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Yes that is exactly the point! Thank you very much.

  • ambient-1

    ambient-1

    Oh… I so fucking love this Helen! Powerful, poetic, poignant and aimed straight at the heart of hypocrisy! Ooooh it gives me goosebumps! Well done!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you so very much! Hypocrites get under my skin and cause me to spout off and wax poetic. :-)

  • Susan Bergstrom

    Susan Bergstrom

    Well said! Bravo!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you Susan.

  • Christopher Ewing

    Christopher E...

    this totally Rocks helen!

  • H M Bascom replied

    Hey Christopher! Thank you very much!

  • Shoaib .

    Shoaib .

    is this about sarah palin ? LOL i m just saying !! a few things reminded me about her…
    i totally feel you on this … very awesome right .. this happens SOOOOOOOOOOOO much its pretty rediculous…

  • H M Bascom replied

    She was part of the inspiration, yes. :-)

  • Shoaib .

    Shoaib .

    great poem by the way

  • H M Bascom replied

    Thank you very much!

  • Shoaib .

    Shoaib .

    hahahha I KNEW IT !!!! AHA ! lolll

  • Shoaib .

    Shoaib .

    like how jamie lynne gets preggers – and fox news condems her and her mom … bristol gets preggers and its “private family thing” and “shes getting married” LOL

  • H M Bascom replied

    Except Bristol’s baby’s daddy didn’t want to marry her and ran far away to do the talk show circuit in the Lower 48. ROFLOL

  • gemini63

    gemini63 11 days ago

    Very well put :))

  • H M Bascom replied 11 days ago

    Thank you!

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