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   W.Dockery to HarryLime   
   Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery (2/2)   
   11 Feb 25 05:17:07   
   
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   >>> See above.  The language ("hole") is probably the least offensive part   
   >>> of your poem   
   >>   
   >> In your ignorant and conservative opinion, you mean.   
   >   
   > Did you mean to say "ignorant,"   
      
   I did, now corrected.   
      
   > My opinion is hardly conservative, Donkey.  Certainly not in the   
   > post-"Me Too" era where sexual assault is finally being openly   
   > recognized for what it is.   
   >   
   >> Compared to the writings of Beat poets such as Allen Ginsberg and   
   >> Charles Bukowski and the punk rock lyrics of Sex Pistols and The Clash   
   >> my poetry is definitely pretty tame.   
   >   
   > Good for you   
      
   Thanks.   
      
   > So you didn't hold a knife to her throat while you groped her.  Kudos   
   > for your sensitivity.   
   >   
   >> As I explained, on May 8th 1982 when the events of the poem took place,   
   >> I was a latter day Beat poet socializing in a punk rock scene in Atlanta   
   >> Georgia.   
   >   
   > So what?   
      
   So I was running in a very fast crowd, very different from sleepy little   
   Shadowville.   
      
   I hung out in the East Village with beatniks and punk   
   > rockers... but I didn't walk up to girls, introduce myself, and grab   
   > ahold of their crotch.   
      
   I actually didn't do that either.   
      
   >> In fact, I behaved in a very tame manner compared to many of my peers   
   >> there at the nightclub that night.   
   >   
   > So you were a reserved baboon.  Good for you.   
   >   
   > --   
      
   When did I evolve from my donkey state?   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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