As one of the wrinkly-crumblies br -W.A.S.P. without the sting - br it puzzles me: in poetry, br does one good **** really deserve another? br fifty years ago - fifty, for ****'s sake - br when I was an army cadet br some squaddies used it every other word br -and since we were in Signals, br it ****ing delayed ****ing battle-orders ****ing long enough br to ****ing mow down a ****ing platoon... br br and longer in ****ing Morse... - - -... br and as for ****ing semaphore...makes your ****ing arms flag... br br my liberal friends br who never admit to shock br say 'it shows a.... lack of imagination'; br now that's ****ing serious in ****ing poets. br br outside the ****ing English-spitting world br it must seem ****ing strange br that the most-loved ****ing bodily action br is used as a ****ing swear-word - br what have you ****ers got against ****ing? br or is it a term of ****ing praise maybe? br br and why still a shock-word br amongst you young lot br who get a lot more ****ing ****ing than we ever did? Dammit.