My Misspeak
(Limericks in Force for Speech Most Coarse)
It's time for a self-made critique,
Right after a profane blue streak.
I hope no one heard
That decadent word,
When then without thought I did speak.
Frustration had put me in pique,
Midway through an awful-long week.
Then something absurd
Made my speech so unslurred.
Directly, not just tongue-in-cheek.
I should have just snapped shut my beak
And uttered not one single squeak.
I knew afterward,
My conscience was spurred,
For my censorship had sprung a leak.
Perhaps I will sound like a freak,
But language most foul seems to reek.
I've always preferred
To leave it unheard,
But now I my own tongue must tweak.
(I'm only half-kidding here. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Living and learning....)
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13 Comments
Post a Commentwell hell i'm so glad i never use those damn words .......... Good Job Miss Linda ken
Great job!!!!! :) :)
i'm afraid to speak . . . lol
Been there.
You sure have a way with limericks! Yes, I can definitely relate to this!
Well, I have had my moments, too. None of my poetic moments come anywhere near being as good as yours, though. This is excellent.
happy to read this. Thanks.
LOL thanks!
Enjoyed this! Yes, it does sound familiar ;>)
Nice poem !........................thanks........................