Obscenities are nothing new. <br />I have been known to use a few. <br />Sometimes “Dear Me” just will not do. <br />If painfully you stub your toe <br />it’s very hard to stop the flow <br /> of all the rudest words you know <br />Although you practice self control <br /> don’t use bad language on the whole. <br />Sometimes you slip and let it roll <br /> But overused it lacks effect <br />it does not do as we expect. <br />It has become a speech defect. <br />I do my best to show restraint <br /> but I admit I am no saint. <br /> <br />6-Feb-08<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-curse-or-not-to-curse/