Untoward
Of all The English words We could do without This one (itself) Is untoward Offering no reward And always implies That it is... Your own damn ox That is (or about to be) Gored So if we could Undo untoward From all our Lexicons Mal-predicts About our lives Would shrink Yet real or imagined Pitfalls (like Pogo) Live! Maybe best To be blithely Ignored!