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From: Cujo DeSockpuppet <cujo@petitmorte.net>
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Subject: Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:07:38 -0000 (UTC)
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will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) wrote in
news:f9f0ccf32dc5c542227336c9e4fab1e5@www.novabbs.com: 

> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 3:05:09 +0000, Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:
> 
>> will.dockery@gmail.com (Will Dockery) wrote in
>> news:3e434ed15e6d4e5e5e8024b853ca651a@www.novabbs.com:
>>
>>> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:11:10 +0000, Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:
>>>
>>>> will.dockery@gmail.com (Will Dockery) wrote in
>>>> news:56af7827e13ea3bd3adac4eb13708616@www.novabbs.com:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:26:45 +0000, HarryLime wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>>> HarryLime wrote:
>>>>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here's the original unedited version so the readers can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decide for themselves:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I Met A Girl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I met a girl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> she came from California.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was in a dream
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we knew each other instantly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> She was a little freckled girl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from out of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my high school past.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And she looked up at me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and talked real spacey.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've forgotten her name
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though she told it to me twice.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We talked
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a really detached situation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> She said years ago
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was so shy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> she thought I was gay.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At this point I kissed her
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and put my finger to her hole.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And she looked up at me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and talked real spacey.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have forgotten her name
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though she told it to me twice.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know why it was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that I would think of her.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I made a couple of puns
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about her name that made me blush.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But her softness in tone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> made me feel all right.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All I want to do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is get in contact.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Will Dockery / May 8 1982
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's a very strange dream sequence, Will.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This poem was written in 1982, during my time in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Atlanta Georgia New Wave punk rock scene, while also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> influenced by the earlier Beatnik poets I was reading at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the time, such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Charles Bukowski among others.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It does sound a bit like Bukowski. It actually reminded
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> me most of a Bukowski wannabe who used to post here, who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shall go nameless.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Both styles employed a sort of crude swagger in the tone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and content which I also used in many of my poems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All apologies to those offended.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HTH and HAND.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't see why anyone in their right mind would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> offended by a dream you had more than 40 years ago; but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> given some of the people nn the group these days, it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probably best to cover oneself.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Harry Lime aka Michael Pendragon is apparently in a tizzy
>>>>>>>>>>>>> over it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes. I noticed him writing about it another thread, writing
>>>>>>>>>>>> about this poem, which is what brought me here to check it
>>>>>>>>>>>> out in the first place. He was of course misrepresenting it
>>>>>>>>>>>> as a real incident, rather than a dream you'd written a
>>>>>>>>>>>> poem about, hoping no one would come here to check it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks again, George, and bumped, since Michael Pendragon is
>>>>>>>>>>> in a tizzy trying to bury the post.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did you share a real life "romantic interlude" with the
>>>>>>>>>> little freckled girl or not?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No, like the poem states, it was in a dream.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It doesn't matter if it was a dream
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If course it matters.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dreams are different from reality, don't you agree?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your poem presents a scenario wherein it is considered not only
>>>>>> acceptable, but a "romantic interlude
>>>>>
>>>>> In the context of the times, yes
>>>>
>>>> Can you lose an argument any more clumsily
>>>
>>> You seem confused, Cujo.
>>
>> It's not me, it's you, Douchebag. You're always this confused when
>> you lose to your betters. Pendragon kicked your ass so badly you're
>> in denial. 

>> Cry harder next time. It attracts even more failures. 

> 
> I didn't expect you to admit it, Cujo.

Snippery The Douchebag fails again!

How does this change the asskicking you got from Pendragon?


-- 
"I've been writing poetry for nearly fifty years, rest assured it's a
poem, Pendragon." - Will Dockery demonstrating why he's a douchebag.