Draconian daydream.

[Benjamin]

A single punishment for every crime's

impractical, in many ways absurd.

But wouldn't it be nice to have the time

to cull abusers of a single word.

For countless times a day I hear that word

and wonder it has meaning.. after all

the wild ambiguations, noun and verb,

from oral.. to graffiti on a wall.

But human nature being what it is:

from all four corners of a shrinking world,

it propagates copious quantities

through song and speech and book, until,

I'm smothered by four letters in a shroud

of metaphor, for thinking out aloud.

[Benjamin]

A folklore story of Draco's death, has it that: In a traditional ancient Greek show of approval while in the Aeginetan theatre; his enthusiastic supporters "threw so many hats and shirts and cloaks on his head that he suffocated, and was buried in that same theatre."

[dcmarti1]

Ahhhhh.....

 

and wonder it has meaning.. after all

the wild ambiguations, noun and verb,

 

And is "that" word what I "think" it is? ;) Or am I just way off base?

 

Culling would be a BIT harsh, but liked the use of poetic license. I thought it was a fun piece.

[Benjamin]

Well it could be L-O-V-E. But there's enough leeway for it to swing both ways a light hearted write!

[dr_con]

Made me smile, and simply fun, fun, fun! Very cleverly done, and the bit of folklore was just delightful!

 

Juris

[tonyv]

Well, you don't actually say the word. I guess we can let that whole content warning thing slide this time.

 

Very nice work with the sonnet. It has been said that excessive (or any) use of profanity is evidence of a less educated person's inability to articulate his thoughts. As your poem suggests, it's unusual and noticeable when one does not resort to a commonplace.

 

A clever allusion at the end. Thanks for the footnote on it. I would not have gotten it.

 

Tony