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|    W.Dockery to HarryLime    |
|    Re: My Father's House / gjd (for new com    |
|    27 Feb 25 00:32:58    |
      [continued from previous message]              >>>>>> Look it up.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> 1) I'm not going to search though 1,000s of Usenet threads       >>>>>>       >>>>>> I've bumped it to the top for you several times, Pendragon.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Apparently you didn't want to see it because it proves you wrong and we       >>>>>> all know you're not good with being proven wrong.       >>>>>       >>>>> 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.       >       > If I were conducting an English Lit course, and asked for a critical       > analysis of a Bukowski poem              But... you're only doing that in your delusional imagination.              😏              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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