When a Barb Becomes an Insult to Intelligence
When a Barb Becomes an Insult to Intelligence
Preamble
I have based this on journal article in the paper. I can't claim credit for her choice of words. Only for putting it into verse.
An insult delivered perfectly is so glorious
Puncturing pomposity and skewering idiocy
It should have a laser-like ability
To highlight and contrast stupidity
When billionaire Musk called the Thai
Cave rescuer hero a 'pedo'
It only showed Musk as a vacuous
Arseclown with an over-sized ego
No achievements or any amount of money
Gave Musk the right to go unleash
This demented tirade on a hero
Who risked his life these boys to reach
His insult was a flaming fail trifecta
Neither witty, and not even fun
It failed to touch any sort of truth
So on all counts, nothing was won
A good insult must be smart, and illuminating
Well-directed and not sent off-course
The Scots are well-trained in this area
And can braid out an insult full force
When Trump did mistakenly say
That Scotland had voted to leave
The EU, the printable responses were:
“You mangled apricot hell-beast”
“You weapons-grade plum”
“You bloviating fleshbag”
Other insults were really quite clever
Playing with words, painting the truth
They attacked someone powerful, but consistant
(Consistant, consistantly wrong...)
“Yaw maw was an immigrant, ya tangerine roaster”
“Super-callous fragile-edged lying fascist baw bag”
“All in all , you're just another prick with no wall”
Don Matthews July 2018
M.C. Newberry
Tue 24th Jul 2018 13:35
Insults need to be politely put or they become equated
with the low level of their target. Therein lies the risk
of resorting to them in retaliation for a resented word or
action.