Uniquity
Ubiquity is, oh, … always aggravating to me
Since I’ve bought one, I see them everywhere
If I choose a new, strange, exotic word to use
It pops up in everyone’s poem, well, I’ll swear,
If I go to Timbuktu, everyone’s going there!
Catchwords, catchphrases - repeat ad nauseam
Becoming ubiquitous in everyone’s everyday
Soon will grate upon our sensitive, creative ears
Nothing so irritates as a meaningless cliché
To hear this over and over, “I want it my way!”
Whatever happened to uniquity, that one-of-a-kind?
So prized to be exclusive and unlike any other,
Not given to repetition like so many fads,
Pointed out for special notice by even one’s mother
Not likely to grow old and less likely to smother.
THIRD PLACE WINNER
Written November 2, 2022
submitted to "Writing Challenge - Unburden a 'U' Word" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Constance La France
Copyright © L Milton Hankins | Year Posted 2022
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