Irreverent Respect

There’s an interesting point

Where a certain level of disrespect

Or rather apparent lack of respect

In itself becomes the highest form of respect

A familiar kind of respect

The kind of respect

Where you call your boss “dude”

Not because you don’t recognize their significance

But you know that they know you respect them

And you both know you’d never call them “dude”

When it was inappropriate to do so

But a casual approach to one’s boundaries

Shows a real respect

Rather than a ceremonial one

Because in keeping unneeded space

In between yourself and another

Doesn’t show you respect their boundaries

Only that you’re unaware of what those boundaries are

And you’d rather not cross those boundaries

Than try to learn where they actually exist

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