Tuesday, December 20, 2022

the shrinking thesaurus

as a kid,
and even as a teenager
i rarely
used salty
language,
and if i did as i
grew older,
they were muttered
underneath
my breath.
but now i can't stop
swearing.
despite all
the words i've learned,
all the reading
i've absorbed,
certain words just
seem to fit
best when
angry, or a story
needs a good telling.

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