D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
Tell me a word
that you’ve often heard,
yet it makes you squint
if you see it in print!
Tell me a thing
that you’ve often seen,
yet if put in a book
it makes you turn green!
Tell me a thing
that you ofen do,
which described in a story
shocks you through and through!
Tell me what’s wrong
with words or with you
that you don’t mind the thing
yet the name is taboo.