Poems of the Week

In My Own Words

by Marshall Begel

“[Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson] filed a trademark application on Monday for the phrase ‘gold digger…”
The New York Times

One strategy, when words are brash,
is turning insults chic,
like when computer systems crash
we seek the mighty “Geek.”

Another method I have seen
(although I don’t condone it)
is using vast amounts of green
to literally own it.