What would you do
If I asked you to stop saying
Just one word?
One.
Would you look at me and laugh?
Would you spit the word at me?
Or maybe you’d say that old adage
About sticks and stones.
What is I said that this word
Just this one
Or maybe a few
Out of our vast vocabulary
Hurt?
Would you spit again?
Would you tell me I’m weak?
Would you tell me words
Are just words?
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