Morning! I like that word-
If you look it up in Webster's-
(The unabridged edition)
You'll even find a photo
Next to the definition
Of fat Ted the reprehensible
To illustrate to perfection
Why even some of his relatives
Subject him to rejection
With all his gin-soaked delusions
And his breaking every rule
Who'd want to be related to
This overstuffed crapulous fool?
It is 58 and foggy, so I'd better leave now-it will be slow going-back later...
On the subject of words like this-I read that while s*** is a "naughty" word now, up until at least the 18th century in Britain it was acceptable in conversation, along with it's past tense, shat. The example used for the usage of it was "She reacted to my statement as though a dog had shat upon the floor".
Excellent poem, T5. A+ for you!