Dysfunctionality

The fellow next door spends too much of his life Shouting at his children and arguing with his wife And though that is his business and his business his own What goes on in his home by him is made known. His wife just as bad as him at him shouts back To her the best form of verbal defence is the verbal counter attack It takes two to quarrel as some like to say And with her he does not have things all his own way. But when in the park they do walk hand in hand Human behaviour I do find hard to understand Perhaps they must argue for to reconcile And together then walk hand in hand for awhile. Of their business they don't leave their neighbours in doubt They shout at each other and at their children shout And the foul language they use between them not worthy of repeat Yet they walk hand in hand in the park and the street. For their dysfunctional behaviour their children must pay And learned behaviour is repeated some say And in years from now their children will argue with their husbands and wives The gene of dysfunctionality through generations survives.