I don't think the quote is doing anything useful.
I might also omit the first line, and amend the title, so as not to tell us explicitly that you're talking about words. It will be clear enough as the poem progresses, but at least give the reader the task, however easy, of figuring it out.
I also heard the Prufrock echo, and I didn't care for it. Perhaps follow "I swear at them" with "I swear with them" and let that be the ending?
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