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   Message 44,132 of 45,517   
   Will Dockery to All   
   I Met A Girl / Will Dockery (Original su   
   28 Dec 25 22:15:06   
   
   From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Cujo DeSockpuppet  posted:   
   > Will Dockery  wrote in   
   > news:1766948846-3274@newsgrouper.org:   
      
   "I Met A Girl"   
      
   https://youtube.com/watch?v=_PmvcNSxE18&si=AmQ6Pi-P1PaEYdns   
      
   [Original text restored.]   
      
   > >> >> >>>>> You've forgotten that the poem is based on a dream, anyhow,   
   > >> >> >>>>> apparently.   
   > >> >> >>>>>   
   > >> >> >>>>> Poetry and dreams are not "real life."   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> >>>> Dream or not, your poem depicts a minor (implied by "girl")   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> >>> For starters, she would be a little younger than my 24 years   
   > >> >> >>> of age in May 1982.   
   > >> >> >>>   
   > >> >> >>> Secondly, the use of "girl" referring to a female romantic   
   > >> >> >>> interest in poetry and song is traditional.   
   > >> >> >>>   
   > >> >> >>> See The Beatles' "Girl":   
   > >> >> >>>   
   > >> >> >>> https://youtu.be/NaXXmpjaIq4?si=-XdBVG5-UTLGDrMV   
   > >> >> >>>   
   > >> >> >>> And Billy Joel's "Hey Girl":   
   > >> >> >>>   
   > >> >> >>> https://youtu.be/tMfLKrGvCzI?si=38fUyrH2A7bcjT3v   
   > >> >> >>>   
   > >> >> >>> HTH and HAND.   
   > >> >>   
   > >> >> >> Age is not the issue   
   > >> >> >   
   > >> >> > You tried to make it an issue until I just shot you down over   
   > >> >> > that.   
   > >> >> >   
   > >> >> > HTH and HAND.   
   >   
   >> You haven't shot anything down   
   >   
   > I'd never expect you to admit it, Pendragon.   
      
   As had been shown many times before.   
      
   >> > The poem is also a work of fiction, a poem based on a dream.   
   >>   
   >> Which shoots you down from a completely different direction.   
   >   
   > You dishonestly and cowardly   
      
   Look who's talking, CujoDeSockpuppet, who promised over eleven years ago he   
   was going to post a recording of him performing vocals.   
      
   As I've stated before:   
      
   "If you're scared, say you're scared."   
      
   😏   
      
   --   
   Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:   
   https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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