Profound Profanity

English teachers often like to teach,

And to emphasize the vast importance,

Of the right to practice freedom of speech.

But practice and preach do not have balance.

When conveying words of a foul nature,

They ignite crimson in a childish fit.

Need not shun some while others we favor,

A word is only bad if we make it.

Mark Twain once said, “we’ve all had steak before,

For we are all men. Are these words not true?

So do not deny me one anymore,

For the fact that a baby cannot chew.”

They tell me to censor myself in class,

I simply tell them to get off my bum.