Compliance to Agreements

If ethics is the science of morality,
where do you stand today,
yesterday or tomorrow for
friendship and romance, war
and peace, work and play.

Men’s wordy arrogance
chosen carefully or not
in the whys and wherefores
without necessary tenderness
or ears to hear what was said.

Does your disdain contain
an aperture, a small slit for
my words to slip through or
Is sanctimonious obeisance
required to circumvent intent.