direct from above

If you would be so kind as to condescend,
I am pretty sure once your error's clear,
we shall let you make amends.
For we've always been magnanimous
to all who condescend to us.
But enough of this noblesse oblige.
Pray tell, what have you come to say?
If it's anything pungent or piquant,
please cut the crap. That's what we want.