'Malapropisms" - A Free-Verse Poem By Kofi Thompson

(Title: "Malapropism")

What Is a malapropism?
A malapropism is a simple case
Of the literary equivalent of mistaken identity
Which occurs when an imposter
An uninvited and unwanted word
Sneaks unto a page almost unnoticed
Whiles a piece is being written
And is mistakenly accepted by an exhausted writer
Suffering the after-effects of prolonged lack of sleep
Who thinks he had seen a familiar word
He had meant to write
When in fact he had not
And the crafty imposter though familiar
Was in fact a complete stranger as it were
And that dear reader is a malapropism
A veritable case of mistaken identity
Literally!