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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: George J. Dance@novabbs.com (George J. Dance) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 21:14:44 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2859229"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="8+dz2rsm3jrbG2zIijE9ZpD7dtD/aCelSs77CawmFcg"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$d7QOsA/IMhpWEL3pDU6YZ.kdcL7s4jOIl4xAu2ghy4MLoYLwOs7Dq X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: da88b0d4e721c88c814af4f3bade12e63975cfc7 Bytes: 3039 Lines: 69 On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 18:12:37 +0000, W.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.