Mean Well

Say there was a word
That couldn’t be said,
Not pronounced, not typed
With asterisks, not
Even euphemized,

A word more wordless,
Name more nameless than
The Unnameable,
Word not just taboo,
Unproduceable,

Yet everyone knew
The word was right there,
Waiting patiently,
Begging to be said,
And everyone stepped

Carefully around
The word no one knew
How to say and felt
They shouldn’t, wouldn’t
Say it if they could,

A black hole of word,
Tremendous aura,
Fiercely attractive,
Everything in it.
There. Now unsay it.