Child Word Expression



When angry, hurt or full of tension,
Cursing words the child will mention.
 Frustration, conflict, needs athwarted.
The child swears; attacks aborted.
 Adults use words, what do they mean?
The child's not told. Now he's obscene.
 Which words to use from inventory:
Religious, sexual, excretory?
 Dogma, rules say I'm a sinner.
Profanity for the beginner.
 Sexual impulse still tabooed.
Although condemned, hotly pursued.
 Fece is seldom understood.
Is stool then proper, right and good?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDEEBBBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 473
Words 74
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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