Poem: It's a Dastardly World

I recently heard a speaker discuss the many negative influences in our society – the things that challenge our moral compasses.  While making his point, he used several words that begin with the letter ‘D’.  It set me to thinking about words that begin with ‘D’ and I was off and running with a delicious array of dastardly words.  How could I resist writing a poem?  

Watch out for those ‘D’ words.  They’re a dangerous bunch. 

 It's a Dastardly World

It’s a dastardly world

full of doom and despair,

don’t linger in doorways

don’t wait on the stair,

for danger can lurk

In the strangest of places

with dull disregard

it makes ‘come hither’ faces,

the devil himself

might shrink from the dark

where nefarious deeds

can demean a pure heart,

where decadent acts

 defile the soul,

defeat with deceit,

deny what is whole,

with my dagger

in hand I’ll prove what is just,

I’ll battle the doom

 ‘til it dies in the dust,

it’s a dastardly world

full of doom and despair,

be watchful,

be brave,

be doubtful,

beware,

for the devil himself sometimes weeps in despair.