What Can't Be Said
What Can't Be Unsaid
Unspeakably descriptive
A word held in tight
Indeterminably vague
Its utterance is contradiction
***
Used to describe the horrors
The heinous, the despicable, the tragic
It is unmentionable for everyone
Except the intrepid lexicographers
***
You can't just go around
Saying what you can't get around
People will run away
For their very lives than say
***
The word I can't say
Without contradicting myself
Is more than unspeakable, unmentionable, or covertly un-F'able
It's overtly ineffable.
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Gerard DiLeo
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hello everyone iam a new writer here i wish u all look on my profile and read my stories Congratulations its an amazing story😍🥳🥳
Brilliant word play in this poem! I loved it! Also, congratulations on your Top Story!
Congratulation on TS status. This poem, without a doubt, deserves it. BRAVO!
I had never before thought about the deep relation between the ineffable and the un'F-able, but now all that's changed. I guess words can say too much at times. Congratulations on Top!
Very well done. Congrats on the TS
Great piece. To me personally, we are living in the ineffable world since Feb.24, 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. Israel-Hamas war is making it even more ineffable. Sometimes it feels like we are living in ineffable end times.
Impressive!!! Loving it!!!♥️♥️💕
Nice piece 📝💯♥️👍
Very interesting twist on words. Very well done. Great work.