Saturday, August 22, 2026

choose your words carefully

you
discover at an early age that
words
can get you
into trouble.
as a child you can say
beaver dam,
for instance, but not
damn beaver.
sometimes you say words
you mean,
but when
it makes someone angry
you retract them
and apologize,
saying you didn't really
mean what
you just said,
though you did.
unhoused means homeless
now.
women's health rights means
abortion.
transgenderism
used to mean
a form of mental illness,
gender dysphoria.
common sense is now
republican.
criminals are now victims.
illegal
immigrants are now
new visitors.

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