sticks and stones

a time-out in the
      corner,
writing
   ‘i will not say
   &#%@ again,’
even some
      soap in the mouth,
but why,
   Wordsmith, weren’t
we warned away from the
      three-letter words
      which are so scary:
 
   now
   age
   yes
   ill
   but   
???

© 2018 Thom M. Shuman