I speak English and profanity
when moved by wrath to curse
and as emotions heighten
it goes from bad to worse.
To come out swinging verbally
takes no muscles or physique,
anyone can say the words
no matter strong or weak.
Kids pick it up by listening
their usual way to learn,
as their innocent personalities
take an ugly turn.
We teach the dreadful euphemisms
for excrement and sex,
as they wait with baited breath
to learn what's coming next.
By calling names with anger
or in dreaded blasphemy,
we reveal the baser self
that is part of you and me.
A wicked sin the Bible says
but who reads that today?
Only the truest indication
that we have lost our way.
by Robert Quinn
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