Sin I Witnessed This Month

The dog snarled;
The owners gossiped.
The counselor taught
Mischief, to reward
Evil for evil, stripe for stripe,
Pain for pain.
The son would not
Go to see his mother.
The man accepted
The person of a 
Woman who wore
What is unseemly.
Lovers from youth
Would not forgive.
Men and wives strove
So the women's
Adulteries were made acceptable
In his sight.
The joyful man
Was rebuked.
The righteous man
Is prickly.
An elderly woman
Was abused.
Fathers despised 
Their sons.
Old friends said "Depart" to
One another.