Call It Anything But What It Is

Call It Anything But What It Is By Elton Camp In talking or writing, it’s become illicit To use a plain term if it is too explicit “Adult entertainment” is better than **** A “bun in the oven” if baby’s to be born Please use “ample proportions” not fat Or “full bodied” is even better than that “Powder your nose” if a lady must pee “Remains” is just a dead body you see “Surreptitious entry” if a thief breaks in Use “imbibe” for drinking a lot of gin “Revenue enhancement” is a tax that’s new But “armed intervention” when war’s to do “Comfort woman” slyly names a prostitute “Batting for the other side” for a guy too cute A “categorical inaccuracy” is nothing but a lie And for a wrinkle, “character line” please try It’s “collateral damage” when innocents die “Disinformation” is another name for a lie But using other words the facts to disguise Can also be yet another way to tell cruel lies