photo “This Shallow Rooster” by author

Vulgar = Common

Walking around all high and mighty,
like you’re Cary Grant,
because you don’t use The G Word.
The G Word,
The G Word,
The G Word.
So many words begin with G,
gosh, golly,
grapefruit and gossip.
Gossip hurts more than a “rude” word said
in a moment of levity.
Walking around all high and mighty,
carrying yourself like you’re Ethel Merman,
because you don’t use The C Word.
Which C Word would that be?
Creep, Creep, Creep.
I would lays odds that you’ve called someone
a creep.
That C Word hurts too.
Oh, you meant the other C Word?
Yeah being called a creep doesn’t compare
in the least.
Yeah, right.
You take that other C Word and put it in your pocket.
Walking around with your nose up in the air,
like you’re Paris Hilton,
because you don’t use The H Word.
Heck, Heck Fire!
That’s hot!
This is hot!
Catch phrasing here and there,
without a care.
Yeah, vulgar also means popular and common.
Spiritual and cultural hubris are more vulgar
than any word uttered by a slipping tongue.
Thinking you’ll be as beautiful as Audrey Hepburn,
because you don’t use The S Word.
Okay so maybe you let that one slip from time to time,
as every animal including humans must.
Oh one thing, please remember to flush.
Because, oh yes, yours does stink.
On your high horse like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans,
because you don’t use The F Word,
So many words starting with F.
Frick ‘en.
Frak.
Fruity.
Fruitcake.
Fruit Loops.
Funny Face.
Funny Looking.
Fat.
Frail
Fashion misfit.
Having an epileptic fit.
Fit?
Freak ‘in.
Freak!
Have you ever been called a “freak”?
Have you ever called anyone a “freak”?
Yeah, I thought so.
That fall off your high horse hurts and you say,
“The F Word,
The F Word,
The F Word,
The F Word,
The F Word,
The F Word,
The F Word.”
Don’t even get me started on “The N Word”.