Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Attitude of Turpitude

As I grow older I do tend

To be in hot water a lot.

I'm ever having to defend

My naughty stuff when I get caught.

I like to act out what I think,

Admit most of my thoughts be bad.

But I've convinced many a shrink,

It's genes and upbringing I've had.

My Dad was hard, my Mom was soft.

I learned to play them both quite well,

And gave them both grief which was oft,

Put them both through parental hell.

My nature and my nurture came,

And both my parents I still blame.