Puzzled by the use of various * # ! marks
Why can’t we use the real words
Well of course now they do
All that simulated sex in the movies  

Why land sakes child what’s the world coming to
Complete graphic use of all those words
that got us a soap treatment back in the day
It’s okay I have a foul mouth anyhow
Tame it down in company of strangers  

Long time ago tried to copy Henry Miller
Use all the scatological terms available
And made up a lot of my own combinations
just for their societal shock value  

Now think long and hard before even writing
never mind saying those forbidden words
Do slip up now and utter a f*^k or s!~t!
Or maybe even a “!@#$%^&*/?” when severely provoked
Why lordy honey Elder John couldn’t say hell
but he would say hello no   

And I found out when I was eight
darn and dang could stand in for damn
and why is it damn and not dam or damm anyway?

Don’t worry about the children and grandchildren
They’ll figure it out know what to say and not say
We all learned to do what’s right
Lordy honey bun I best hush now.