"****!"

"****!" is a very, very, very bad word.
It's probably the very baddest word that you have ever heard.
That's why this bad word gets so much censoring.
Who knows what kind of havoc this bad word can bring.
So without saying the word, I'll share with you all now this bad word's origin.
It's the abbreviated term that many primitive people came to learn 
and practice under command of their king.
It seems that during that period of history
the king commanded of all in the community
to all reproduce amongst themselves freely
to create offspring to eventually serve in the kings army.
and for this service the king would pay the parents a handsome fee.

This must have been ideal for an otherwise cheating husband.
He could just go back home to his wife 
and not even have to lie about his otherwise secret life,
because he was "Fornicating Under Command of the King!"
If you abbreviate the above within quotation marks you will then come to read
that so very baddest of words that seems to drive so many oh so crazy.

I've done research on the above and feel I can say in all honesty
that all of the above is true to my knowledge regarding this very bad word's originality.

Hello fellow soupers. I must ask you.
Have I just violated the profanity policy of Poetry Soup?
I certainly hope not. I've grown very fond of all of you.
I'll delete this if I've offended any one of you.

*It appears that the above is not true actually.
Fornication Under Command of the King
was first used in Playboy magazine in 1970.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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April 3, 2010 at 12:15 AM
You really had me going, that was great!
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January 18, 2010 at 1:27 PM
I heard about this before I think and I bet it's true (at least to some extent) and it's not offensive (not to me anyway). It's informative or at least, makes us wonder!! Thanks for your great comment to me. LUv, andrea
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January 18, 2010 at 4:14 AM
Questionable write? Can you give us the reference material name in which you found this information? Sara
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January 17, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Very good poem...Is it a true story?...Marty
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