Tsk Tsk

Homicide and genocide Need punishments to be applied And fratricide and suicide Are awful – that can’t be denied. But something else I can’t abide, Although, in this case, no one died, Cannot be what we take in stride – A crime that’s known as verbicide. Unlike insect- or herbicide, Its perpetrators tend to hide And, if confronted, they’d be snide; Corrections down their backs would slide. Some criminals are hanged or fried But as for writers, here’s a guide – To those engaged in verbicide, May lots of tsking be supplied.