NO BAD LANGUAGE.

Anny Horowitz and the use of bad language.

You oughtn’t to use bad language, Anny
Says, appearing out of nowhere, a small

Bow tied in her long blonde hair, Momie said
It wasn’t good. You say, I never use bad

Language when I write poems about you.
She comes closer to the PC and stares

At the screen. Is this poem about me?
Most of it, you say, gazing at her small

Ghostly hand on the arm of the swivel
Chair. Her finger moves along the PC

Screen, tracking the line of words. I used to
Write with a pen, Anny says, in my neat

Handwriting, Momie’d say. She wipes dust from
The monitor’s top, then wipes her hand on

Her black phantom dress. She has beautiful
Blue eyes, but you don’t tell her, you just gaze

As she touches your mouse pad and then the
White mouse and then picks up the Biro as

Children do and scribbles away. The air
Smells of flowers; then she’s gone. The neatly

Penned words in French say, Anny Horowitz,
Murdered in Auschwitz, 1942.

The room is empty of her presence now,
Just your PC, your sleeping son and you.

Author's Note

anny died in auschwitz in 1942.

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

The only bad words I know are ones that do not express their intended meaning. As for slang, it has its place and function as well as proper words. A writer must use every tool in the toolbox at one time or another. But, the right tool for the right task. One does not drive nails with sledgehammers but one does drive SPIKES with them. But as far as words being innately evil...no such thing exists in my opinion.