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Topic: SLANG (05/14/20)
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By Betsy Markman
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It froze up cold.
The topic “slang”
Makes me feel old.
I’ve got nothing,
I’ve drawn a blank.
I'm uninspired,
I’m gonna tank.
My rough drafts are
As dry as dust.
They're down the tubes,
And going bust.
All that new slang,
I’m not hip to!
Hung out to dry,
I’m feeling blue.
I don't know what
Most of it means.
My sons, they talk,
But spill no beans.
“That’s sick!” they say,
But mean it’s good.
Why can’t they choose
The words they should?
“That guy’s the GOAT”
They say with awe,
Though he lacks horns
And bearded jaw.
If my life hung
On all that jive,
I tell you now,
I’d not survive.
Just give me plain
Old-fashioned talk.
If I hear slang,
I'm gonna walk!
This week’s contest,
It must not be
Designed for those
Clueless as me.
I really tried
To write it well,
But my son said,
“You took the “L.”
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When I was working with younger staff, I got myself into trouble more than once in the break room, asking, "What does that mean?"
Occasionally, the slang was foul talk and I didn't know it until they translated. One kind soul would speak up before the coming answer, which was bound to make my face turn red and say, "Anne, you don't really want to know."
Great poem, peppered throughout with slang this older generation can understand! Keep up the good writing.