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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?X0lyZW5lX0TDpG1tZXJ1bmdfL19XaWxsX0RvY2tlcnlf?= Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 10:38:18 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <47af81cae412fb0e53ac020b8a249834@www.novabbs.com> References: <679b62d2-9d90-4a08-9131-2359a780086f@googlegroups.com> <808cfc9f-a662-4464-b162-c55864abc4ae@googlegroups.com> <526ddc265dfcf3209ba11512881ecdc6@news.novabbs.com> <79a153e9a8d1e5620dd695e8b179a8f6@news.novabbs.com> <98532f97118318e81d96c7725d2cfe4e@news.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="731184"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Vf9CM7g99yqfGvzEHTw0bhrjcIfvzYBBhUuRma0rLuQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: acd0b3e3614eaa6f47211734e4cbca3bfd42bebc X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$lo8cGdC4pgUfDV2YzKzsWulSyp61T8USFXyJvgEBJYT/q33lOkonK General-Zod wrote: > Will Dockery wrote: >> Victor H. wrote: >>> Will Dockery wrote: > >>>>> > Irene Dämmerung >>>>>> > >>>>>> > She gave me a rock >>>>>> > that she had hand painted >>>>>> > Irene Dämmerung >>>>>> > held my unrequited passion. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Irene had a gentle heart >>>>>> > I knew this when we >>>>>> > were first acquainted. >>>>>> > She wore a rabbit fur coat >>>>>> > right in fashion. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Her husband Twilight Joe >>>>>> > was always high rolling. >>>>>> > Joe had a cool hand like Sundance >>>>>> > on his bride's visage we all gazed. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > A man with the good smoke >>>>>> > that he was controlling. >>>>>> > Irene could catch men's eyes >>>>>> > even other girls were amazed. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > She'd paint little stones >>>>>> > designs she had created. >>>>>> > Traded her fur jacket to Tina >>>>>> > for a green felt one that was better. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > She took off with Joe Shannon >>>>>> > back down to Monticello. >>>>>> > The last thing we ever heard from her >>>>>> > was a sad letter. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > That Irene had walked in one day >>>>>> > to see Joe dead from pleasure. >>>>>> > Tied off arm and needle >>>>>> > Joe had overdosed on his treasure. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -Will Dockery >>>>>> > >>>>>> > (From the poetry series "Clifford's Blues", based on the people and >>>>>> > events >>>>>> > of Atlanta 1980-1983) > >>> From the archives, for newer readers. > >> Comments and critique welcome. > > Indeed a lovely Fave.... Good morning again my friend, great ti see a friendly face here today. 🙂