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   >>> I don't open 99% of your   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Well, that thread you should open rather than whining endlessly about   
   >> it.   
   >>   
   >> The thread is easy to spot, I think the title is:   
   >>   
   >> Bukowski.   
   >   
   > I scrolled through the topics that are currently showing up and found   
   > one titled: "Re: Charles Bukowski."   
   >   
   > It quotes someone posting under the Username of "baloney" posting about   
   > how he and Barfly had a "pirate" thing going on, then proceeds to quote   
   > a Jimmy Buffett song.   
   >   
   > I'm assuming that "baloney" is you.   
   >   
   > "baloney" then says:   
   >   
   > "It probably goes without saying that Buk's one of my favorites, though   
   > his name hasn't come up much lately (the last time was prbably when I   
   > compared Chuck's "shock" style to Buk)... Dale Houstman gave me a very   
   > memorable paperback book blurb quote when he wrote that I was "...a   
   > better poet than Bukowski..." or something similar.   
   > Anyhow, I don't have the book handy and no time to Google (a few hours   
   > of sailboat repair await today) but "Boarding House Madrigals" is the   
   > poetry book of Buk's I'd name as a favorite out of the dozens out   
   > there, containing many favorites which were fun to read aloud when the   
   > time came to wake up the audience. The one where Buk writes   
   >  "...My old lady wouldn't let me sleep..." a few more lines "...so I   
   > killed her."   
   > and the one where he wakes up from a drunken night and finds his   
   > friend with his big toes in his old lady's... well, you can guess   
   > where, or know the poem already... I might look these up later, if   
   > they're online somewhere, and post them here... great stuff."   
   >   
   > This is *not* a critical analysis of one of Bukowski's poems   
      
   It is definitely poetry commentary, which is what we do here, Harry.   
      
   😏   
      
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