Some people say fairly unique
or quite unique or even very unique,
but unique must not be made meek
with modifiers, it must be hard as teak;
no self-respecting Greek
would dare to a Roman speak
with unicus weakened by a reek-
ing Latin qualifier; mise en pratique
or not, he'd like as punch him in the beak
for speaking Latin like a freak;
yet up-the-creek English speakers wreak
havoc on unique and make it leak
by sneaking in weasel words that shriek
of their willingness to make oblique
unique’s upright mystique,
forcing unique to eke
out its days on a desert plain and not on a mountain peak.
