# 6 abject

abject - (adjective) - utterly wretched or hopeless, miserable, forlorn, dejected

-C14 Latin abjectus thrown or cast away, from abjicere - ab - away +jacere - to throw

This is a powerful word to convey total depravity.

The Abject Bed ~ Joshua Mehigan

She couldn't do a thing, could only stare
as the white frocks carried her husband out,
up from the abject bed at last. Nowhere
were friends so kind, she heard herself declare
before the costly funeral; though, throughout
she couldn't do a thing, could only stare...

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