In Other Words

In Other Words By Elton Camp Euphemisms verbally avert our eyes Thus, the unbearable truth disguise Unpleasant facts from selves to keep I had my faithful dog “put to sleep” Aunt Jane recently “passed on” When into death she has gone Salacious Sally “turned a trick” Prostitution carries such ick “Ethnic cleansing” is easier to abide Than calling the action genocide “Negative patient outcome” can hide The plain fact that the person died A lady always “powders her nose” When it’s to urinate that she goes An “early retirement option” I took Better than “I was fired” it’ll look “Culturally deprived neighborhood” Sounds better than “a slum” would To say “enhanced interrogation” To avoid “torture” connotation These are examples of tries Unpleasant truths to disguise