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   W.Dockery to HarryLime   
   Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery (2/2)   
   02 Feb 25 20:49:47   
   
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   >>> 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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