Signposts on the Outskirts / Will Dockery ("Earlier Poems" 3)

Will Dockery

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Nov 12, 2017, 9:15:20 AM11/12/17

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Signposts on the Outskirts

Down the road we are moving
and the darkness is like a solid block.
The silence around me is being shattered
by the roar of my engine's knock.
And nobody around me seems
to have the strength to talk.
The other two seem to have nodded off
from the backseat I hear someone cough
I light your smoke and watch it spark
And these signposts on the outskirts
flash by in strobes in the dark.

In the middle of this circle
the words twisted in a ball of yellow.
Like a layer over that there's you
talking softly, kind of mellow.
The others don't know what you mean
they think you've become like a machine.
They think that your life is too clean
for them to speak to.
I'm wondering if their numbers are that few
those metallic children of the dawn
who chase in and out after you.
Peer pressure for a race down a dead-end
into the faded jaws of youth.
I'm wondering through your soft words
you would reveal
what these signposts on the outskirts
are trying to conceal?

True, I stumbled and fell
I lost my way the other night.
I always felt even a choice for folly
that it was my right.
but when I did, if I messed up your flight
I hope you know that I'm sorry.
If what you said to me was for real
then why do you still refuse to feel?
Why are you still making me kneel
like a dog on the floor?
I'm trying to find the power
to open up your locked door.
Your words splatter like blotches of rain
jumbled concepts like leaves that jam a drain
take another dose it will free up your brain
but if you don't mind I'll side-step the pain
if all you can see are flames.
Not much else that I can say
as I watch you in the moonlight, your sway
just beyond those signposts on the outskirts
as I'm begging you to stay.

They think you act so odd
that you must be motorized.
You seem to look on that
with some surprise.
Worthless meanings, evening, and the skies
are flaming with stars.
If you can believe
what we've both seen here
our thoughts are together it seems clear
nobody else even wants to get near
we're on the edge, just a bit too far.
We converse as we ride
backbeat percussion
from the engine of the car.
Light prickles through enlightening stars
the white picket fences in the dark
passing the frosted fields from afar.
And on those signposts on the outskirts
your secret is revealed.

-Will Dockery / May 26 1976

G.D. - One of the stronger of the "Earlier Poems", add editorial polish as you see fit, seems basically sound as-is.

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Slick Rick Spacely

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Oct 17, 2018, 4:29:58 AM10/17/18

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Fucking dy no mite................

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Brainiac Five

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Oct 17, 2018, 7:26:05 PM10/17/18

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On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 6:35:55 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:

> Thanks for the read and comment, Zod.

It would make good song...........................

Will Dockery

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Oct 18, 2018, 8:40:35 AM10/18/18

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We tried it a few times, but it seems too long and too many lyrics to be feasible for song, at last in performance.

Brainiac Five

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Oct 19, 2018, 2:23:51 AM10/19/18

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It would be a long un yasss.

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Will Dockery

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Oct 24, 2018, 2:40:17 PM10/24/18

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Ping: George Dance...

I'd say let's include this one in Selected Poems as a good example of some of my earliest, 1976, poetry.

I'll mention this elsewhere in case of if you don't catch this message.

😀

Will Dockery

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Oct 25, 2018, 4:06:14 PM10/25/18

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Thanks again, George.

😀

Major Liberty

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Oct 27, 2018, 9:36:59 PM10/27/18

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On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 4:06:14 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Thanks again, George.
>
> 😀

I second this...……….

Major Liberty

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Oct 28, 2018, 2:52:18 AM10/28/18

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Yuh should add some wild Jack Snipe riff to it...…………..

Will Dockery

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Oct 28, 2018, 4:23:26 PM10/28/18

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"Brainiac Five" wrote in message
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I do see that in the cards, eventually, with the right melody...

Major Liberty

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Oct 29, 2018, 2:43:52 AM10/29/18

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Do it...………….. do it...……………..

Will Dockery

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Oct 29, 2018, 5:13:11 AM10/29/18

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Probably Will...

:)

Zod

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Oct 30, 2018, 7:33:19 PM10/30/18

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On Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 9:15:20 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

A Jack or Henry riff scratching on guitar....

Good Time Charley

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Oct 31, 2018, 3:28:23 AM10/31/18

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On Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 9:15:20 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

Do so and so on right...……….

Will Dockery

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Nov 1, 2018, 1:06:01 AM11/1/18

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Thanks for the nod, Zod.

😀

General Zod

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Nov 1, 2018, 7:16:49 PM11/1/18

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On Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 1:06:01 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Thanks for the nod, Zod.
>
> 😀

That good.....

General Zod

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Nov 2, 2018, 1:25:25 AM11/2/18

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On Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 9:15:20 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

Put Jack Snipe o9n the case...……………...

Will Dockery

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Nov 2, 2018, 1:39:33 AM11/2/18

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Good plan, Jack seems ready.

Will Dockery

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Nov 2, 2018, 1:05:20 PM11/2/18

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"Brainiac Five" wrote in message

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Whether listenable to an audience would be the key point.

General Zod

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Nov 2, 2018, 4:33:47 PM11/2/18

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On Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 9:15:20 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

> -Will Dockery / ay 26 1976

>
> G.D. - One of the stronger of the "Earlier Poems", add editorial polish as you see fit, seems basically sound as-is.

Conley would do it up good maybe also...............

Will Dockery

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Nov 3, 2018, 1:38:15 AM11/3/18

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I spoke with Jack Snipe last night, he is intetested in some recording experiments.

Good Time Charley

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Nov 4, 2018, 1:43:28 AM11/4/18

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On Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 1:38:15 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> I spoke with Jack Snipe last night, he is interested in some recording experiments.

Fantastical!

Will Dockery

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Nov 5, 2018, 12:07:31 AM11/5/18

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Thanks, Charlie.

😀

General Zod

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Nov 5, 2018, 2:03:44 AM11/5/18

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> -Will Dockery / May 26 1976

>
> G.D. - One of the stronger of the "Earlier Poems", add editorial polish as you see fit, seems basically sound as-is.

Yah...…………...

Good Time Charley

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Nov 10, 2018, 3:58:29 AM11/10/18

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Another read..... love this one here...…………...

Good Time Charley

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Nov 11, 2018, 6:08:07 PM11/11/18

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Yes make this a song soon...………….

General Zod

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Nov 12, 2018, 12:45:00 AM11/12/18

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Play it and sing it...…………………….

Will Dockery

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Nov 12, 2018, 1:11:22 AM11/12/18

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Thanks for the feedback, Zod.

:)

Good Time Charley

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Nov 16, 2018, 11:53:40 PM11/16/18

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On Monday, November 12, 2018 at 12:11:22 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback, Zod.
>
> :)

It is a favorite...........

ehor...@gmail.com

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Nov 17, 2018, 12:44:05 AM11/17/18

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Good poem.

Ellen Horny

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Nov 17, 2018, 5:24:12 AM11/17/18

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On Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 5:44:05 AM UTC, ehor...@gmail.com wrote:
> Good poem.

But how would I know. I take shitty videos of old people singing and playing crappily. Will gives me the urls of these things that he wants me to praise. I don't read them.

Jaquavious, did you boost those car radios yet?

Good Time Charley

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Nov 17, 2018, 11:59:01 PM11/17/18

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One of the best Doc.............

Will Dockery

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Nov 19, 2018, 1:37:13 AM11/19/18

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Thanks for the nod, General Zod.

😀

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 19, 2018, 7:56:48 AM11/19/18

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On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 1:37:13 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Thanks for the nod, General Zod.

For Clarity: Leave us not forget that "nod" = "blowjob" in Dockery-speak.

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Will Dockery

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Nov 19, 2018, 12:47:00 PM11/19/18

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You're projecting your own homoerotic fantasies on me again, Pendragon.

😀

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 19, 2018, 12:51:57 PM11/19/18

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On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 12:47:00 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> You're projecting your own homoerotic fantasies on me again, Pendragon.

I was speaking metaphorically, you DAMF.

Will Dockery

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Nov 19, 2018, 2:52:09 PM11/19/18

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No, Pendragon, what you are doing is called a "gay lame" here on Usenet.

Look it up.

Cujo DeSockpuppet

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Nov 19, 2018, 2:58:34 PM11/19/18

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"Will Dockery" <will_d...@outlook.com> wrote in news:psv498$756$1@dont-
email.me:

> No, Pendragon, what you are doing is called a "gay lame" here on Usenet.

So you understand "gay lame" but not "forgery"? It's more likley you
understand neither but insist upon lecturing your betters. This is why you
are ridiculed as a kook and Drama Queen.

--
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award. July 2005 Hammer of Thor. Winning Trainer - Barbara Woodhouse
Memorial Dog Whistle - 12/2005 & 4/2008. COOSN-266-06-01895.
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IS." - Edmo charms another woman.

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Nov 19, 2018, 3:08:04 PM11/19/18

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On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 2:52:09 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> No, Pendragon, what you are doing is called a "gay lame" here on Usenet.
>
> Look it up.

No, Queenie. I was referring to a "slurp" -- a metaphorical "blowjob" that occurs whenever one member perfunctorily praises a post by one of his friends.

Will Dockery

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Nov 19, 2018, 3:08:42 PM11/19/18

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No, I understand both terms fine, Cujo.

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 19, 2018, 4:12:07 PM11/19/18

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On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 3:08:42 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> No, I understand both terms fine, Cujo.

You have demonstrated, time and again, that you have the vocabulary of a not-particularly-bright six-year old.

Will Dockery

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Nov 19, 2018, 6:44:31 PM11/19/18

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Your latent homosexual fantasies are all yours, not mine, Pendragon.

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Will Dockery

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Nov 19, 2018, 7:13:25 PM11/19/18

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I'm not an expert, Corey, so you tell me.

:)

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General Zod

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Nov 19, 2018, 7:26:17 PM11/19/18

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On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 7:21:24 PM UTC-5, hierony...@gmail.com wrote:
> You specifically mentioned Michael's
> 'latent homosexual fantasies'. So, you
> either don't know what you mean by the
> things you say, you don't know what the
> things you say mean, or it isn't either/or.

If he is gay he is gay, why stress over it so much???

Good Time Charley

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Nov 19, 2018, 11:54:17 PM11/19/18

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On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 11:47:00 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
> You're projecting your own homoerotic fantasies on me again, Pendragon.
>
> 😀

He is a creepy little man......

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 20, 2018, 7:50:35 AM11/20/18

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I'm actually a good deal larger than you, Did. 6'1", 200lbs.

Will Dockery

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Nov 20, 2018, 12:51:37 PM11/20/18

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He probably means what a petty, narrow minded man you are... small.

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 20, 2018, 1:57:54 PM11/20/18

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You're the one getting all hung up on the "slurp"/"bj" thing.

Will Dockery

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Nov 20, 2018, 6:50:56 PM11/20/18

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No, hardly use the word, Pendragon... I'm just reacting to your fixation with the word.

Good Time Charley

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Nov 21, 2018, 12:47:15 AM11/21/18

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Sticking to the rules...…. great poem...……………….

Will Dockery

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Nov 22, 2018, 10:23:36 PM11/22/18

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Thanks for the nod, Charley.

:)

General Zod

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Nov 22, 2018, 10:45:45 PM11/22/18

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I was a Navy man toughyest ofnthe armed forces...………………..

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 22, 2018, 11:12:49 PM11/22/18

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I was a Navy man as well ... but we didn't refer to ourselves as the "toughyest."

Will Dockery

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Nov 22, 2018, 11:25:22 PM11/22/18

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Zod, easy on the wine, my friend.

At least you can't get a DUI on the Superinformation Highway.

😀

Good Time Charley

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Nov 25, 2018, 5:39:52 PM11/25/18

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Out fucking standing...................................

Good Time Charley

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Nov 30, 2018, 3:50:37 AM11/30/18

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Good for another

General Zod

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Nov 30, 2018, 10:28:16 PM11/30/18

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You are gay?

Michael Pendragon

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Nov 30, 2018, 11:08:28 PM11/30/18

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Sorry. Zip up your pants and keep walking.

Will Dockery

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Dec 1, 2018, 3:09:51 PM12/1/18

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Zod is referring to your constant homosexual based comments, Pendragon.

😀

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 1, 2018, 8:36:03 PM12/1/18

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On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 3:09:51 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Zod is referring to your constant homosexual based comments, Pendragon.

Did must be projecting. There's nothing inherently homosexual about a "slurp."

Will Dockery

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Dec 1, 2018, 8:41:53 PM12/1/18

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The way you portray it, with your projected gayness, Pendragon.

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 1, 2018, 9:17:52 PM12/1/18

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On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 8:41:53 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> The way you portray it, with your projected gayness, Pendragon.

How does one portray something with "projected gayness," Will?

Will Dockery

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Dec 1, 2018, 11:17:53 PM12/1/18

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However it happens, you sure manage to do it, Pendragon.

☺

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Dec 2, 2018, 12:23:43 AM12/2/18

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On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 11:17:53 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> However it happens, you sure manage to do it, Pendragon.

Consider the contextuality of it, Will:

1) Did asks if I'm gay, seemingly out of nowhere.

He may have been referring to my using the less euphemistic phrase for "slurp," but the meaning of both is the same: insincere fawning over a friend's posts.

2) I noted (correctly) that any "gayness" in my post was a projection on Did's part.

3) You claimed that I'd somehow "projected gayness" into Did's interpretation.

That's a grammatical impossibility.

Will Dockery

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Dec 2, 2018, 12:49:35 AM12/2/18

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On Usenet what you do is called a gay lame, Pendragon.

That about nails it.

😀

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 2, 2018, 10:50:31 AM12/2/18

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On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 12:49:35 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Usenet what you do is called a gay lame, Pendragon.
>
> That about nails it.

Do you understand what a "Slurp"/"Stroke"/"Hand-job"/"Blow-job" are in social media context?

All four terms are commonly used to signify insincere, subservient, and/or reciprocal forms of flattery (for example: uniformly posting "outdamnstanding," "Good poem," "worth another read," etc., after each of your friend's posts).

The terms have a sexual connotation, but imply a master/slave relationship wherein gender and/or gender preference is irrelevant.

When Did perfunctorily praises 200 or your posts per day, he is "sucking your dick," so to speak (playing the part of your servant or "sock puppet" or toady).

If you and Did insist on reading homosexual slurs into these social media terms, it merely shows how uncomfortable you are with the subject ...

Will Dockery

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Dec 2, 2018, 1:40:47 PM12/2/18

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On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 10:50:31 AM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 12:49:35 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > On Usenet what you do is called a gay lame, Pendragon.
> >
> > That about nails it.
>

> The terms have a sexual connotation

Yes, homosexual, as in "gay lame".

Karla Rogers nailed this type of flame war attack here ten years ago, when Dennis Hammes and others were using the "gay lame" to attack other poets:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/qTwMcnwkkl0/2hQqO4suGr4J

Re: Karla Rogers' statement on 'homophobic thinking'

"Now, I have no idea what most of you mean when you bash someone by depicting them in homosexual acts, whether it is with words or pictures... Those types of pictures are offensive to me but I can also be
offended by what someone writes. We communicate less by pictures on
the poetry newsgroups but that doesn't mean that the picture words we
create aren't as offensive as a picture. It's just that the picture as
communication has more shock value because we use pictures less here..."
-Karla Rogers

The point is that the "gay lame" you use against me and Zod is... lame

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 2, 2018, 4:16:18 PM12/2/18

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On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 1:40:47 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 10:50:31 AM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 12:49:35 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> > > On Usenet what you do is called a gay lame, Pendragon.
> > >
> > > That about nails it.
> >
> > The terms have a sexual connotation
>
> Yes, homosexual, as in "gay lame".

No, Will. Heterosexuals can perform/receive those same acts.

> Karla Rogers nailed this type of flame war attack here ten years ago, when Dennis Hammes and others were using the "gay lame" to attack other poets:
>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/qTwMcnwkkl0/2hQqO4suGr4J
>
> Re: Karla Rogers' statement on 'homophobic thinking'
>
> "Now, I have no idea what most of you mean when you bash someone by depicting them in homosexual acts, whether it is with words or pictures... Those types of pictures are offensive to me but I can also be
> offended by what someone writes. We communicate less by pictures on
> the poetry newsgroups but that doesn't mean that the picture words we
> create aren't as offensive as a picture. It's just that the picture as
> communication has more shock value because we use pictures less here..."
> -Karla Rogers
>
> The point is that the "gay lame" you use against me and Zod is... lame

For the 20th time, there's nothing inherently homosexual in any of those terms.

They are commonly used social media terms for brown-nosing.

Apparently, I've accidentally expose a nerve in your relationship with Did.

You've done Did? Did did you?

Honestly, I couldn't care less.

Will Dockery

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Dec 2, 2018, 6:25:19 PM12/2/18

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There is when you put a distinctly homophobic spin on the slurs, Pendragon.

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 2, 2018, 8:39:30 PM12/2/18

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On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 6:25:19 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> There is when you put a distinctly homophobic spin on the slurs, Pendragon.

I put nothing of the sort on them, Will.

Don't hold me responsible for your projections.

Will Dockery

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Dec 2, 2018, 10:08:13 PM12/2/18

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No Pendragon, your homoerotic fantasy of Zod and myself is quite specific.

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 3, 2018, 12:20:51 AM12/3/18

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On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 10:08:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> No Pendragon, your homoerotic fantasy of Zod and myself is quite specific.

I assure you that I'd never intended for you to have gotten turned on by it.

Will Dockery

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Dec 3, 2018, 1:22:34 AM12/3/18

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I can assure you that wasn't the case, Pendragon.

I'm merely wondering if your comment was a homophobic slur, your homoerotic fantasy... or both.

😊

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 3, 2018, 7:49:01 AM12/3/18

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 1:22:34 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> I can assure you that wasn't the case, Pendragon.
>
> I'm merely wondering if your comment was a homophobic slur, your homoerotic fantasy... or both.
>

I've explained it to you, Will. If you insist on seeing it as an attack on your "manhood," so be it.

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Michael Pendragon

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Dec 3, 2018, 8:08:58 AM12/3/18

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 7:54:57 AM UTC-5, hierony...@gmail.com wrote:
> Bailiff, whack his pee pee.

Did already did.

Will Dockery

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Dec 3, 2018, 12:26:41 PM12/3/18

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No, Pendragon, I see it for it is, your fixation with homoerotic fantasy.

😊

ME

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Dec 3, 2018, 12:37:45 PM12/3/18

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 12:26:41 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> No, Pendragon, I see it for it is, your fixation with homoerotic fantasy.
>
> 😊

You the one with the homoerotic fixation.
Paranoid, perverted fucker, aren’t you will.

Will Dockery

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Dec 3, 2018, 12:45:48 PM12/3/18

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No, "Me", you are confused again,as you do often are.

Pendragon is posting the explicit "gay lames" at me and Zod... I note it when he posts them.

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 3, 2018, 1:39:33 PM12/3/18

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On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 12:45:48 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> No, "Me", you are confused again,as you do often are.
>
> Pendragon is posting the explicit "gay lames" at me and Zod... I note it when he posts them.
>

Diddilly Doc
A Nursery Rhyme

Diddilly Did diddled Doc
Doc flopped his flaccid cock
The cock dropped dead
Did kissed its head
That's why Did's Doc's favorite sock.

Will Dockery

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Dec 3, 2018, 1:50:51 PM12/3/18

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In the grand tradition of the late great Dennis M. Hammes.

:)

General Zod

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Dec 3, 2018, 3:37:43 PM12/3/18

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On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 3:09:51 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Zod is referring to your constant homosexual based comments, Pendragon.
>
> 😀

I think Pin is probably the gay one.....................

Good Time Charley

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Dec 5, 2018, 7:17:08 PM12/5/18

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On Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 9:15:20 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Signposts on the Outskirts
>
> Down the road we are moving
> and the darkness is like a solid block.
> The silence around me is being shattered
> by the roar of my engine's knock.
> And nobody around me seems
> to have the strength to talk.
> The other two seem to have nodded off
> from the backseat I hear someone cough
> I light your smoke and watch it spark
> And these signposts on the outskirts
> flash by in strobes in the dark.
>
> In the middle of this circle
> the words twisted in a ball of yellow.
> Like a layer over that there's you
> talking softly, kind of mellow.
> The others don't know what you mean
> they think you've become like a machine.
> They think that your life is too clean
> for them to speak to.
> I'm wondering if their numbers are that few
> those metallic children of the dawn
> who chase in and out after you.
> Peer pressure for a race down a dead-end
> into the faded jaws of youth.
> I'm wondering through your soft words
> you would reveal
> what these signposts on the outskirts
> are trying to conceal?
>
> True, I stumbled and fell
> I lost my way the other night.
> I always felt even a choice for folly
> that it was my right.
> but when I did, if I messed up your flight
> I hope you know that I'm sorry.
> If what you said to me was for real
> then why do you still refuse to feel?
> Why are you still making me kneel
> like a dog on the floor?
> I'm trying to find the power
> to open up your locked door.
> Your words splatter like blotches of rain
> jumbled concepts like leaves that jam a drain
> take another dose it will free up your brain
> but if you don't mind I'll side-step the pain
> if all you can see are flames.
> Not much else that I can say
> as I watch you in the moonlight, your sway
> just beyond those signposts on the outskirts
> as I'm begging you to stay.
>
> They think you act so odd
> that you must be motorized.
> You seem to look on that
> with some surprise.
> Worthless meanings, evening, and the skies
> are flaming with stars.
> If you can believe
> what we've both seen here
> our thoughts are together it seems clear
> nobody else even wants to get near
> we're on the edge, just a bit too far.
> We converse as we ride
> backbeat percussion
> from the engine of the car.
> Light prickles through enlightening stars
> the white picket fences in the dark
> passing the frosted fields from afar.
> And on those signposts on the outskirts
> your secret is revealed.
>
> -Will Dockery / May 26 1976

A poem that would do good song......................

Will Dockery

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Dec 6, 2018, 12:43:42 AM12/6/18

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Thanks for the positive feedback, General Zod.

Will Dockery

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Dec 6, 2018, 6:38:35 PM12/6/18

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"Coco DeSockmonkey" wrote in message
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>On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 2:52:09 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> No, Pendragon, what you are doing is called a "gay lame" here on Usenet.
>
>> Look it up.
>
> I was referring to a "slurp" -- a metaphorical "blowjob"

Looks like a gay lame, then.

General Zod

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Dec 6, 2018, 7:24:20 PM12/6/18

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He has gay on the brain............................

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 6, 2018, 10:14:26 PM12/6/18

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So your Parnello's co-worker was a guy, then?

Will Dockery

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Dec 6, 2018, 10:23:22 PM12/6/18

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Parnello's co-worker?

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 6, 2018, 11:31:31 PM12/6/18

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On Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 10:23:22 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Parnello's co-worker?

The one that broke up your marriage.

General Zod

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Dec 6, 2018, 11:42:14 PM12/6/18

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> G.D. - One of the stronger of the "Earlier Poems", add editorial polish as you see fit, seems basically sound as-is.

Good for another read... I think this is #12 for this one.......

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 7, 2018, 7:31:35 AM12/7/18

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Good boy, Did!

Be sure to let us know when you hit lucky 13.

Will Dockery

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Dec 7, 2018, 12:07:31 PM12/7/18

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Michael Pendragon wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > > No, Pendragon, what you are doing is called a "gay lame" here on Usenet.
> > >
> > >> Look it up.
> > >
> > > I was referring to a "slurp" -- a metaphorical "blowjob"
> >
> > Looks like a gay lame, then.
>
> So your Parnello's co-worker was a guy, then?

You keep making the gay lames about me and Zod, not some pizza joint worker, Pendragon.

Michael Pendragon

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Dec 7, 2018, 1:14:19 PM12/7/18

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Diagnosis: You have a deep-rooted fixation on diddling Did, Doc.