The A Word & Other Lexemes or Verboten Verbiage Varia

'April' and 'buck' 

One utters the A word
as one’s mates move Mayward.
Admired…? Nope! I fear it's
enmired. (Too much March.)
The B word Tru* hollers –
to guarantee dollars
pols pass stop, at las,' 
on his desk -- shows tru' starch. 
     * Not author Capote but former
Buck-Stopper-in-Chief Harry S.

'Cuckold’ and 'drunkard'

The C word gets mention'd
by nerds ill-intention'd,
the gals of whose pals 
toy with boys on the side.
The D words…? They're said 
when too much liquid bread
lets one's bro into 
haut dipsomania slide.

'Enema' and 'fart' 

The E word shoots shivvers 
up colons, down livers,
for rectal dysfunction's
no man's mug o' tea.
Though not what you think 'er, 
the F word's a stinker
when gas up the ass 
is one's fate -- accompli.

'Green' and 'halitosis'   

The G word, though being 
the new blue to many,
is bann’d in all red states.
(Do you vote in any...?) 
The H word...? They say 
he said she said I've got it.
(I say: Vescere bracis meis*...
or: sod it!)
      * Latin -- and vulgar Latin 
at that – for "Eat my shorts!"

'Injun' and 'jap'

A Native American insult –
the I word.
Down under, it's 'abo' –
though such'd not be my word.
The J word,
in Double-U-Double-U-2,
seem'd acceptable then.
(Oh! The evil men do!)

'Kike' and 'lesbo' 

Down the last ring of hell 
one imagines Herr Ado'ph
pronouncin' the K word...
then laughin' his haid off.
Misogynist man-children
whisper the L word...
then snort...and continue 
itiner'ries hellward.

'More' and 'nothing'

The M word gets mention'd
by Dickens's Twist
(all who do do get more...*
though with slaps on the wrist),
while the N word,*
to die-hard creationists...? Weird!
They insist this world's made 
by some blade in a beard.
     * Oliver famously asks for 
"more, please" as gruel is
served out. 

'O-rings' and 'panties' 

It took Richard* to bring up
the O word; he show'd
how, because the things froze,
NASA's Challenger blow'd.
The P word...? On Seinfeld
this shorthand for 'scanties'
proves mentionable. 
(Elaine mentions the _______!)
     * Physicist Feinman

'Quik' and 'dead' 'red' 

Don't mention the Q word
when visiting Hershey:*
they'll soak you in sauce
till you're "beggin' for mershey."
You're suspected of being the R word...?
McCarthy
will ruin your life –
till you're "beggin' for marthy.”
     * In Pennsylvania

'Shit' and 'tit' 

Swung the hammer...and miss'd. 
Hit the thumb: "Ow!" Got piss'd.
Form'd: the agonized fist. 
Now the S word gets hiss'd.
The T word means 'breast,' 
like most mammary monikers:
'chesticles,' 'sweater meat,' 
'hooters,' 'boobs,' 'honkers'... 

'Ubu' and 'vagina' 

'Tis OK if one mentions 
the U word in Art.
Oh, if only we'd see it,*
and take it to heart.
There were days when the V word 
was strictly forbidden.
Then enter'd Eve Ensler. 
Now, nothing stays hidden.
     * E.g., "Ubu Roi," the theater-of-
the-absurd piece by Alfred Jarry.

'Why' and 'XXX')

The W word: that it's 
banned is half lie:
it's both outlawed and urged -- 
do (or don't) question "why...?" 
The X word's avoided 
when dupl'd and tripl'd
in ratings of films -- 
those well penis'd and nippl'd.

'Yoni' and 'zoff' 

The Y word...? In Sanskrit, 
it's eas'ly avoided:
Max Wertheimer didn't, 
but Maslow and Freud did.
Comes, lastly, the Z word; 
suppressed! (Although utter'd
by me,* who well knows 
on which side bosh bread's buttered). 
     * That's why the Z word gets 
mentioned a dozen times in the 
nonsense verse parody "Let's Call 
the Whole Thing 'Zoff'!" which
can be seen elsewhere on this blog.