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03-12-2016, 07:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-12-2016, 08:08 AM by Leanne.)
His underarms smelled like onions,
his ass like a well-cooked meal
but none of the bitches would taste him
and none of them knew how he'd feel
if they were to ask him to shower
and scrub him with lavender soap --
oh, would he just stand there in silence
or would he reach out for a grope?
A martyr is no great profession
and no-one invests in a cross,
instead he gets stoned in a paddock --
at least he does that like a boss.
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This isn't a discussion. This is the equ....lant of posting my personal address online.
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Maybe someone will see it and wash you.
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If somebody wants to wash me, I won't charge for it.
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(03-12-2016, 07:40 AM)milo Wrote: Invests in a cross?
Yep, thanks. That's what I get for typing quickly.
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Neochrist. I can laugh and dig that. But using the actual word Jesus . . . shame, I think. I'm listening to Donovan . . . I tell you right now. Any trick in the book. You can just sit there on your velvet throne. Superman or greenlatern. Blow your little mind.
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(03-12-2016, 07:33 AM)Leanne Wrote: ...
instead he gets stoned in a paddock --
at least he does that like a boss.
Fun indeed. Especially those last two lines: multiple meanings of "stoned" and a connection of some sort to cattle from "boss" with varied meanings of "bull."
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That's Neojesus, Afromorpheus and Femtrinity, you know, the 13th month of the year. But Leanne's For Fun poems do often make me think of that Larkin guy. I much prefer her humorless stuff.
What I mean to say is, when things are meant to be funny they aren't funny to me. And that the bitterness or anger or whatever seriousness that Leanne puts into some of her poems is what sparks interest for me. But maybe she put her serious hatred for me in this poem, and I'm just misunderstanding because it's posted in the For Fun. Or maybe her hatred is fun.
What I mean to mean to say is, Leanne, you said the other day that poems come too easy to you. Maybe the funny ones do. But I like serious poems. And it's my idea that you take longer on those and put more thought and effort into them. I don't think it's an insult to you to say that those are the ones that form your poetic reputation for me.
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(03-12-2016, 07:33 AM)Leanne Wrote: His underarms smelled like onions,
his ass like a well-cooked meal
but none of the bitches would taste him
and none of them knew how he'd feel
if they were to ask him to shower
and scrub him with lavender soap --
oh, would he just stand there in silence
or would he reach out for a grope?
A martyr is no great profession
and no-one invests in a cross,
instead he gets stoned in a paddock --
at least he does that like a boss.
apart from
if they were to ask him to shower , a nice and easy read. 'Stoned in a paddock' is smart.
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(03-12-2016, 01:13 PM)rowens Wrote: That's Neojesus, Afromorpheus and Femtrinity, you know, the 13th month of the year. But Leanne's For Fun poems do often make me think of that Larkin guy. I much prefer her humorless stuff.
What I mean to say is, when things are meant to be funny they aren't funny to me. And that the bitterness or anger or whatever seriousness that Leanne puts into some of her poems is what sparks interest for me. But maybe she put her serious hatred for me in this poem, and I'm just misunderstanding because it's posted in the For Fun. Or maybe her hatred is fun.
What I mean to mean to say is, Leanne, you said the other day that poems come too easy to you. Maybe the funny ones do. But I like serious poems. And it's my idea that you take longer on those and put more thought and effort into them. I don't think it's an insult to you to say that those are the ones that form your poetic reputation for me.
This isn't my poem at all. You started it. And it's not funny, it's frustrating. You confuse the cows, and I like cows. They give us cheese and steaks. I don't separate humour from seriousness, but I do separate poems written in five minutes from poems that take a lifetime to perfect. You have not offered insult, but highest praise, and I am sorry for trivialising you.
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I only like humor that makes everybody cry or jump out a window.
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