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Re: Expecting Inspiration / George Sulzbach

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From: Peter J Ross
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 16:31
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In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Sun, 19 May 2019 18:58:12 -0700 (PDT),
Zod wrote:

> On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 12:51:20 PM UTC-4, Peter J Ross wrote:
>> In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Sun, 19 May 2019 09:46:16 -0700 (PDT),
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
>> > Expecting Inspiration, by George Sulzbach
>> >
>> > Watching cars and people
>> > something I do a lot.
>> > Sitting near the alley
>> > trying to bum a smoke.
>>
>> Well, nobody can accuse Dunce of misrepresenting the kind of life that
>> Admiral Plod leads!
>>
>> If any residents of Columbus GA are reading, it's important to
>> remember that giving cash to drunken beggars doesn't solve any
>> problems.
>
> You are a bit of a snooty fool are you not....

Well done, Plod! "Snooty fool" is better than anything Dreckery has
ever written. The assonance is enhanced by the differentiation of the
consonants.

> Peter the Putz? ??

That's not so good. Alliteration is so easy that anybody can do it -
except Dreckery, of course.




--
PJR :-)

τὸν οἰόμενον νόον ἔχειν ὁ νουθετέων ματαιοπονεῖ.
	- Democritus

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