Impact


It hit me with the impact of a meteor,
how a thought would be so impactful.
life passing by as you hit the wall,
hurts so bad, the impact was awful.

When a news person says, impact,
he/she is telling the absolute truth.
So emotional they can't help but cry,
like being punched by the uncouth.

New graduate hopes to impact the world,
making a lot of money to pack the wallet.
Especially by joining pacts with money,
ramming displeasure down our gullet.

When the impact of becoming pregnant,
finally reaches the young girl's mind,
she is leaving the first trimester,
already, two months behind.

So, if you are one of those impacted,
by one of those very serious claims,
get on the phone with the lawyers,
with a ready line of serious blames.

There's nothing like an exaggeration,
even if it's only an impacted tooth,
to go back with a gun to impact the one,
who spread the lie that wasn't the truth.

If you are impacted by this poem,
I'm sorry that I've told you so.
Just replace impacted with affected,
you will be ready to get up and go.


Meteor

Courtesy SciTechDaily.com

One of my pet peeves is the misuse of effect
and affect, loose and lose. And sundry other
misused words almost gone. I don't hear much
anymore the fake words, center around, irregardless,
along with too many "likes" and/or "you knows" in conversation.

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