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Article #819006

Re: Return of the coward

#819006
From: Will Dockery
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:37
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On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 5:39:55 AM UTC-4, Robert Burrows wrote:
> On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 11:32:35 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> > On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:07:12 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: 
> > > On 2022-06-02 6:47 a.m., Robert Burrows wrote: 
> > > > On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 6:38:10 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: 
> > > >> On May 11, a "poet" in the group, Jim Senetto (aka "Edward Rochester"), 
> > > >> decided to challenge me to a contest; we'd each write a "poem" (a 
> > > >> draft), or be labelled a "coward". 
> > > >> 
> > > >> "HEY DANCE! 
> > > >> "Now that I have your attention.....one more chance...post a poem on any 
> > > >> subject by tonight and I will post a poem on the same subject. 
> > > >> "The other two, have been officially labeled 'cowards' to include 
> > > >> blow-hards. 
> > > >> "Save yourself from humiliation..Mensa man against senile man...same 
> > > >> topic (your choice)...See ya after work." 
> > > >> 
> > > >> That evening, when I told him I'd written one and posted it (to RAP), he 
> > > >> upped the challenge: 
> > > >> "Post your shit right here, coward. 
> > > >> or Fuck off." 
> > > >> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/UlJgr9IyrsI/m/e1orwQf5AQAJ?hl=en 
> > > >> 
> > > >> That sounded too good to pass up, so I posted my "poem" right there. 
> > > >> Bottom line: he was unable to post one of his own; so he got labelled a 
> > > >> coward and, to his credit, he did fuck off from the group for more than 
> > > >> a week. 
> > > >> 
> > > >> Then, on May 24, 19 schoolchildren were shot to death in Uvalde, Texas, 
> > > >> and he saw an opportunity to get back on the group without being flamed 
> > > >> for his cowardice. He'd post a "memorial" thread on the tragedy, because 
> > > >> surely no one would dare start a flame war in that thread! 
> > > >> 
> > > >> "Take a break, group" 
> > > >> "14 more kids dead today as we go about our adult silly name calling, 
> > > >> all about nothing important. 
> > > >> "The priorities, here, shouldn't dismiss this latest tragedy. 
> > > >> "Perhaps solutions should be addressed, if any." 
> > > >> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/qS5DWeMeVEo/m/ETA-p3pDBAAJ?hl=en 
> > > >> 
> > > >> And it worked for a bit, even as his few friends turned the thread into 
> > > >> "silly name calling." Now, though, that he's dropped any pretense of 
> > > >> being interested in the tragedy joined in, it's time to label him as the 
> > > >> coward he is and remind him that he was supposed to fuck off. 
> > > > My name is George 
> > > > And I've got smarts 
> > > > I love the smell 
> > > > Of my own farts 
> > > > My acolytes 
> > > > Called Will and Zod 
> > > > Love the stench 
> > > > But that's not odd 
> > > > To me they're stuck 
> > > > Like hemorrhoids 
> > > > To explain it 
> > > > You'd need two Freuds 
> > > https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/7hsVblygDBk 
> > Robert's still butt hurt, I see. 
> > 
> 
> Well, you're the proctologist...

Not at all, just making an observation.

🙂

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