Sense Sonnet - Tickler

Dick Schtick

The President was called a dick
Out loud on MSNBC.
Perhaps 'twas just a ratings trick
For "must watch us" publicity.
'Tis not clear how the nasty name
For the male organ made its mark.
Perhaps from bible times it came,
The dicks and janes from Noah's ark.
To treat the women equally,
Then it shoud be just as profane
When wanting an insult to be
Out loud, call the woman a jane.

If only "dicks" and "janes" were hurled
'Twould be a far more civil world.