Define Vulgarity

Once upon a time, man became self-aware

and found within them, an unusual desire

to communicate beyond simple gesture

and so, spoken language entered our culture.

But of course, it's never enough to speak

so, we invented ways to write, eventually

and over time, vastly expanded our vocabulary

to include words that we've deemed vulgarity.

Let me repeat that, we've deemed vulgarity.

We made up the words and defined communication

so, shit, isn't it our writer's duty to fucking use them;

to color our writing and induce the reader's sense-

defend too, the shock-value of a vulgar word's presence?

For, if we didn't define and damn the use of vulgarity

these words wouldn't have the same impact in our writing.

- M.E.

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