You ought to know better...

You ought to know better!
                                      they cried
Ought to know better than what?
                                      I replied
Know better than what I already know instead?
Instead of what you do not really know
                                           I know?
"Knowing better" makes me think you think
                             you already know better
Which makes me think you think 
                             you think you're better

But you're no better...
No better than those who have only yet
                                 to know better
                   those who now know no better
                   those who could know better
                   those who will know better
                   
You ought to know better!
                                  they said
Ought to know better than who?
                                   I plead
Know better than you? Can't be...
Or you wouldn't see how much more
                                I "ought" to know
So... know better than "them"?
To make me better than them?
         Does a baker know dough better?
         Does an Eskimo know snow better?
         Do Vietnamese know pho better?
What we know makes us no better

"Ought to know better... why?!"
                                  I scream
            So my rhymes flow better?
            So my skills show better?
            So my.... *sigh* ...
                ...steam blows better?
     Ah! So my mind grows better!

But it does that alone on it's own
              without all that "ought"
              all that struggle for naught
              always stuck in deep thought

So, you see, I do know better...
        ... I know better than to "ought"

Darn right.

I'll bet you have quite an interesting wardrobe Writch, your writing is so out-of-the-box. It's easy to be out-of-the-box and have a crazy structure, but to make it as well honed and effective as you do is quite an acheivement. Cheers!