Obscenity

Cristina Davis says:

She said, I love you.

He said, Nothing.

(As if there were just one
of each word and the one
who used it, used it up) .

In the history of language
the first obscenity was silence.

This nobody says:

what was obscene really
what was said first
before the silence.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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