I suppose some of you versifiers <br />think the use of the f-word <br />puts that extra zing <br />in your lines <br /> <br />You think the truth is as crude <br />and coarse as your writing is <br /> <br />You abandon all standards <br />convinced of your righteous <br />intent <br /> <br />You ignore Emily's rule- <br />'Tell all theTruth but tell it slant-' <br /> <br />Emily Dickinson's <br />metaphor for <br />her lack of directness <br />is the stuff of poetry<br /><br />Michael Pruchnicki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flinging-the-f-word/
