Old Dick and the Swearmonger’s Daughter

there are some things small that should never be forgot ..

Old Dick and the Swearmonger’s Daughter

He was so good

with words

but then, always

had plenty

to choose from ..

Since she,

had a mouth like

some old

thesaurus filled

with foul,

long forgotten

cuss words,

blasphemies

and such n such ..

She could

turn the air bluer

than blue,

or so they said ..

But he loved her

like that

and so together

they sat ..

Making up new

rude words ..

For nowt but

their own sense

of fun and of

course, the very

coarse, crack of it ..

 

 

 

Author's Note

This is not just a bit o fun .. it is a corrupted version of true events from many years ago .. My father, always called Dick by everyone bar his mum, my grandma, was once paid a farthing for every swearword he uttered by an old fellow in the village with a peculiar sense of humour and more money than sense, or decency .. According to legend, my father was aged five and a half at the time ... 🤍