Sometimes I go upstairs
to my bedroom lock the door
hide in my closet,
and say the 'N' word,
over and over again.
Author notes
I think the poem speaks for itself
By me using ‘N” instead of saying the word
which again here maybe explaining the poem
even better cause i'm still not saying the word......
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- Temptation, with prompting. by BeachBum1.
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ha ha cool take
I liked the cheekyness of this poem I want to say the N word now its tempting me. thank you good luck
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i dont know why i cant stop laughing, i am not sure if that was your intention. i lived in Atlanta for 7 years. maybe that has something to do with it.
it seems dark humor and the stark political incorrectness if what it implies are powerfull aspects of this piece.
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mm, yip
words are given power
only by those who receive them
as more than words
least in my world
i like the irony
of not using it
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I'm afraid you've lost me with this - what is the N word, or are you you just using it as a symbol for any "forbidden fruit"? Or is the N word something Americans understand and we "outsiders" know nothing about (or have another name for it)?
Puzzled,
Bill -
I said it a few times tonight
it wasn't the definition 'we' have for it
but makes my life impossible, regardless
a hard-working girl from the US in the UK
wanting to make a few pounds in the UK
and unable due to the ethnics who live here
so anyway..N word or not I understand it
alone
wishing not to be a N-----
and I am becaruuse of the rest of the
N------
so yeah
I understand
Waiting for life to get a little less frustrating
blah blah blah
and fook you too from the UK
thanks for writing
as always
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i like how this poem speaks of the power of words. there is really only one word i don't speak freely and that is the 'c' word synonymous for pussy...ive been given a black eye for saying it so i realize some women find it highly offensive and have thus tried to remove it from my everyday vocabulary.
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Funny poem! I am conflicted. As a writer I like to think words have the power to move people but then you can say a particular word is hurtful to some one so it shouldn't be used.
We give words power but we can also take that power away. When I was a kid the F word was a show stopper when you said the F word the conversation was over and the fight had begun. Now a days it has been so overused that ot has lost all it's power. People say F you like they used to say good morning.
It is all in peoples head anyway. I am trying to think of something nasty someone could call me that wold really hurt my feelings and can't. A good friend who was angry at the time called me a Pussy Baby once. It makes me laugh to this day. -
I have a cousin who lives in the north, who said that a funeral was held for that word and also for the word "bitch" I was never offended by the last one. when she came to the remote hills of Tennessee, she says she had the urge to shout both of them just to hear their echoes.
I guess there will always be echoes...
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