Violent Language

We use violent language And then we expect love In this day and age We rarely raise our chins above To thank God To praise the Lord. We got what we planted We planted hate and we got hatred We use the word "nigger" To nag, to insult, and to cause anger Love does not hurt And angels do not fart. We do not respect each other And we expect life to be sweet Our violent words hurt our future Our filthy songs smell worse than pig feet Stop the violence, be more civilized Otherwise, we'll be ostracized and sanitized. Use more appropriate words for the lyrics Be cool, classy, stylish, more gentle and polite We will go nowhere with this kind of politics Light the candles, burn the incense and bring more light We got what we tolerated We planted hate, and we got hatred Let's plant compassion and love So we can fly, like the angels, above.  Copyright © October 2017, Hebert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.