Respect means

if they listen to you,

you listen to them;

if they applaud you,

you applaud them.

Next time you are on your feet,

I will be on mine, leaving,

because voting with feet

is something you do understand.

It's just a stage set isn't it,

for your jostling and posing,

flaunting and jaunting.

They may not be as good as you,

and it is, no doubt, tedious having to listen

to lesser mortals,

also-rans

but listen to the bloody poets!!!!!

Show them some respect.

Insufficiently motivated?

It may pay, you know.

I may not be the only person, concluding

that providing you with adulation

is a mug's game.

 

If the hat fits, wear it.

Though it would need to be a big hat.