The Lunacy of Language

Ah, words, the lunacy of language
The cackling currency of the confused
Squandered in vain attempt at conversation

Words, the spit balls and snow balls of youth
Sharpened to become the epees of aging
Slashing thrusts rendering opponents silent 

Daggers wielded swiftly in rhetorical deceit
Pretentious pandering of pointless swords
Dancing on the edge of a quiet moment

Words, guttural curses of hurled invective
Hard eyed tortured faces spewing city venom
Tone, tenor and force strangling logic and reason

Thus, do we share a common tongue
Yet cannot understand each other
For it is our hearts that define our words
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 6/8/2025 8:06:00 PM
Wow! I nominate this for POTM, John. Great stuff, displaying a mastery of the medium. ~ Epee in my Teepee
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Date: 6/7/2025 11:24:00 AM
What a wonderful write you have here. Words can be both good and bad. So watch out tongue for you will bring happy or sadness. "Good Luck" if for a contest. Have a lovely weekend writing away........
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Date: 6/7/2025 3:07:00 AM
We share a common tongue, John. It's just that some of us use words to injure like "Daggers wielded swiftly in rhetorical deceit" and "hurled invectives." The lunacy of lunatics doesn't always render their opponents silent.
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Date: 6/6/2025 5:02:00 PM
Oof! You got sandwiched between three poem dumpers. Good luck getting seen. Too bad because this is quite profound, esp the conclusion
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