Words And Other Things

I'm here to kill some words
Because that's what writing is
We are hunters yes
And words they be
Our goodly prey

Or is that much too much
Of violence and anger
Of which there is
Too much of that
And we should strive
To better survive
As the level of hate
Endangers us all

I say no
This is just a thing
I say to pump myself up
As it makes me feel
Like oh so capable
And able to rightly conquer
In my goodly dream
Of writer's success

So please to not
But up and  cry
How dare you talk
Of killing anything
Even words
For everything is
Oh so serious
You can't say a thing
Like in days gone by

Though some of what
Was fine in the past
Was rather in the wrong
And we're better now
With cutting that shit out

But there's a point
Where rightful changes
They go too far
And we hit a stupid place
Where you almost can't
Do anything 
Without a stupid result

And here we are now
I'm sad to say
Though it doesn't affect my own good work
It's still an irk
Because it affects the work of others
That shouldn't be
Affected so

Aye balance stupid
That's the fucking key
Don't be racist
Or hateful neither
But there be things about us all
That we should be able yes
To hit upon
When making comedy
But that's just me
Though poor I be
I'm still white and male
And that's a higher start
With lesser heart
Than others have
And further go

I came to kill some words
And if you find you that
An offensive message
This is me shrugging
I don't care
It's words about killing words
And the sour air
Of you can't say this
You can't do that
That's more than just
Not being stupid and hateful
But trying to dull us down
Because we're all too sensitive now
And that's just wrong to me
That's just wrong it is

Charles Petrie

Date
09-20-19

Time 

17:29-17:57=38

Word Count

337