Jessica Amanda Salmonson Poet Free verse

Can I Say Bleep On Tv

Can I say BLEEP on your show?
"No, that's not allowed."
Why not? It's not a bad word.
I'd think I could say it numerous times,
Like, BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP.
"Stop that, it'll just be bleeped."

Well then, can I say smegma
Or at least shorten it to smeg?
"I don't know what that is."
It's is a lot worse than BLEEP
I'll tell you that.
"Isn't it just a made-up swear word
Used by Lister on Red Dwarf?"
As point of fact it's not
I wonder how they got away with it
For so long
When I can't even say BLEEP.

"Then what is smegma precisely?"
Roughly the male equivalent 
Of female sootikins.
Can I say sootikins on tv?
"Sounds harmless enough."
Great.

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Wool Man January 18, 2018 at 11:21 AM you know we are going to have to find out where all this bizarreness leads us ... right ... Jessica Amanda Salmonson January 21, 2018 at 12:58 PM All roads lead to folly!

Jan Allison January 16, 2018 at 1:59 PM ha ha ha and I remember smeg on red dwarf and have never heard of sootikins lol lol lol but now i know thanks to Mr Google lol:-) really made me smile thanks Jessica:-) hugs jan xx Jessica Amanda Salmonson January 21, 2018 at 12:58 PM When you're smiling! When you're smiling! The whole world smiles with you!