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Article #819033

Re: Return of the coward

#819033
From: HC
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:53
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On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:50:21 AM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:42:56 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:32:47 AM UTC-4, HC wrote:
> > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:01:34 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 9:15:48 AM UTC-4, HC wrote:
> > > > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 8:37:34 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > > 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > He means armchair
> > > > Good morning, Corey.
> > > >
> > > > Good that Robert has you to speak for him, since snappy comebacks aren't his strong suit.
> > > >
> > > > HTH and HAND.
> > > You two have something in common
> > No, since I'm capable of speaking for myself, Corey.
> No argument there.
>
> But are you capable of doing so intelligibly?

I swallowed my gum.

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