the profanity I utter
rising from sitting
to standing
is sharp
salty
as hip
and knee
joints crack open
like lobster claws
and muscle fibers
tear with a rip
we do not wash
mouths out with soap
in this house
words of power
are allowed
© 2018 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
Brave & Reckless 
There is relief of many kinds of pain in Mr. Carlin’s seven famous words (and more).
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Christine Ray – Necessary cussing
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Excellent.
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Thank you!
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It’s not fun, this ailing thing, is it!
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