Outlaw at the inlaws

 
Painfully proper--
use appropriate decorum
no lounging in my PJ’s here
Ridiculously reserved--
not a whiff of fart jokes
sex talk? Out of the question
Neurotically neurotypical--
my challenges must be character flaws
hurry up, do it right, think like this…
Frighteningly frugal--
forget the fancy coffee
small pleasures are a sin
Obsessively organized--
oh geez, try not to make a mess
leave no trace, tiptoe
Consistently critical--
keep opinions under wraps
some arguments aren’t worth having
How did I marry into
this polar opposite of my own
haphazard family?
How did my lover
grow from this soil?
(It’s not that bad…
They’re just products
of where they came from
as am I…
I can behave for three days!
Things we do for love...)