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|    W.Dockery to HarryLime    |
|    Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery (2/2)    |
|    02 Feb 25 20:49:47    |
      [continued from previous message]              >>> Why not? Your writing certainly hasn't evolved any. If anything, it's       >>> actually gotten worse.       >>>       >>> And the fact that you still post it in 2025 means that you don't see       >>> anything wrong with it. Much the same way that you don't see anything       >>> wrong in having written a poem about how you'd performed oral sex on a       >>> co-worker (at the local pizzeria -- while you were married, and left it       >>> lying around where your 6-year old son (give or take) could read it and       >>> bring it to the attention of your wife.       >>>       >>> Oops!       >>>       >>>       >>>>> Truly disgusting.       >>>>>       >>>>> --       >>>>       >>>> Sorry you're so sensitive, but that's also why I've tried rewrites over       >>>> the years but just finally decided to settle on leaving it in the       >>>> "Erotic poetry" genre.       >>>       >>> There's nothing "erotic" about "putting (your) finger to her hole,"       >>> Donkey. You couldn't possibly have expressed it in less erotic terms.       >>> It comes across as vulgar, impersonal, to the extent of being almost       >>> mechanical. As erotic literature, it's on a par with saying "I walked       >>> into the men's room and took a dump."       >>>       >>> --       >>       >> Thanks again for reading and commenting, Pendragon.       >>       >> I don't have time right now but I'll return soon for a more in depth       >> response.       >       > Ah! This was formerly expressed as "I'll get back to you this after I've       > made a pot of coffee."              Today I'm also having a bowl of oatmeal and Smithfield sausage to go       with the coffee.              Stay tuned, I'll be back soon.              😏              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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