Pro·fan·i·ty

Old man,
Stop embarrassing yourself,
and us,
When you 'cuss'
like a drunkard.

You sound like a fool,
not cool,
We don't talk like that.
At least not I.
I try.

Do you want to fit in?
Though not a sin,
you sound like the 'younguns'
with their pants half off.
Makes me cringe.

Does self-respect
mean nothing anymore,
You have tenure,
and a position of authority,
Professor at a University.

Yet you curse like,
you are one of 'us'.
Except you are not.
And never will be.
And we don't talk like that.

Please stop.
Get your mouth out of the gutter,
and start talking
as expected of
a man of your stature.

As old as
my grandparents,
and yet you curse like
a bum
from the slums.

And it doesn't make me
want to listen to you
very much.
No sir.
It does not.

When you curse like that.