Worm

I've always hated 
The word whore.
It crawls like a worm,
Itching my skin.
Nobody should be called that.
Not the polygamous.
Not the monogamous,
For having premarital sex.
Not the ones who get paid for it.
Not the way it's misused
By those who think they're better,
Which none of us is.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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