Re: Ferryboat to Easy Street

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Richard Oakley

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Apr 13, 2017, 7:00:56 PM4/13/17

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On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 6:13:22 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Ferryboat to Easy Street
>
> Somewhere along the ferry
> Or out there
> On the streets
> You know it'll be all right.
>
> Hide yourself in fright
> Stay out all night
> We will make you less tight
> Strange possible delight
> With anyone in sight.
>
> Keep you cool
> You need to stay in school
> Make everyone out there proud
> Be real proud talk so loud
> And together we'll be allowed.
>
> Don't you know
> I can't take it
> The way you strap it out
> Nobody here in pain
> Feeling like I have
> Seen you here.
>
> Don't worry I'll pull out
> You know it'll be all right
> Keep it stiff
> Act real bright
> You're so fine
> Just like s sign.
>
> Kind of on the height
> Of the experience
> Throwing in minds
> All twisted with followers.
>
> -Will Dockery
>
> (Written April 1977 on Greg Carter's electric typewriter)

Oh, i'd love to own an old mechanical typewriter!

:)

drive-by

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Apr 13, 2017, 7:05:19 PM4/13/17

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Some commercial words...'stay in school'...some good advice....'I'll pull out' (just to get in......very young trying to be very old...

Interesting from the young mind...

Jim

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Will Dockery

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Apr 13, 2017, 9:19:21 PM4/13/17

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Typo alert:

The /s/ in verse five should be an /a/.

Thanks...

Will Dockery

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Apr 14, 2017, 1:35:42 PM4/14/17

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Yes, I was attempting to convince a friend of mine to not run away to California with another friend, that I thought she'd be better off staying here, in school, and, of course, staying with me rather than taking off with my restless buddy Greg.

She took off with him, of course, summer came and I had moved on to other situations that quickly led to a decade or so of very different events, never saw either Amy or Greg again, to this day.

And so it goes.

Will Dockery

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Apr 14, 2017, 11:05:49 PM4/14/17

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RICHARD, I regret my grandfather's 1919 model Underwood is long gone, like so many things in my life that I have lost.

Richard Oakley

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Apr 15, 2017, 4:37:42 AM4/15/17

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On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 11:05:49 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> RICHARD, I regret my grandfather's 1919 model Underwood is long gone, like so many things in my life that I have lost.

Another dying medium. I could see it now...
reams and reams of greasy pages, holding
ink and brunches fingerprints. The type sound...
like tiny shoes on mice feet, I might call, 'shies'.
Those shies, dancing by candlelight -- blindly
racing for the silent beats of thoughts in black
on white. Stop. Silence brings the eyes then
voice, like a thousand shies that spry in rhythm
to dance on tips of poets tongues.

Will Dockery

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Apr 17, 2017, 5:54:19 PM4/17/17

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They typewriters are still out there, thrift shops and so on...

Finding such things as the ribbons can be the rub.

:)

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Will Dockery

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Apr 18, 2017, 7:46:16 PM4/18/17

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On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 7:05:19 PM UTC-4, drive-by wrote:

Thanks for reading and commenting, Jim.

:)

&

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Apr 21, 2017, 5:31:05 PM4/21/17

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then your shit wouldnt go to youtube oh happy day

&

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Apr 21, 2017, 5:32:44 PM4/21/17

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is mice a metaphor for your gerbils oakley

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Apr 21, 2017, 5:32:47 PM4/21/17

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On 04/14/2017 11:05 PM, Will Dockery wrote:
> RICHARD, I regret my grandfather's 1919 model Underwood is long gone,
> like so many things in my life that I have lost.
>

like most of small number of brain cells you started with

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Will Dockery

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Apr 7, 2019, 1:18:58 AM4/7/19

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Just like a sign.

Kind of on the height
Of the experience
Throwing in minds
All twisted with followers.

-Will Dockery

Found in Drafts, may be part of a thread...

Will Dockery

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Oct 29, 2019, 1:56:50 AM10/29/19

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Just like a sign.

Kind of on the height
Of the experience
Throwing in minds
All twisted with followers.

-Will Dockery

(Written April 1977 on Greg Carter's electric typewriter)

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Another poem found in my Drafts file.

Gener...@none.i2p

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Oct 29, 2019, 3:39:21 AM10/29/19

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Will Dockery wrote on Tue, 29 October 2019 05:56

A favorite.........

Love the coded language in this one.........

Will Dockery

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Nov 8, 2019, 1:39:37 AM11/8/19

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Just like a sign.

Kind of on the height
Of the experience
Throwing in minds
All twisted with followers.

-Will Dockery

--------------------------------------------

Testing...

General Zod

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Nov 8, 2019, 4:17:24 AM11/8/19

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An old favorite from the early days.....

Zod

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Aug 21, 2020, 9:46:05 PM8/21/20

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Quite good, and an oldie...

ME

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Aug 22, 2020, 1:17:04 AM8/22/20

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No it's not, Just you reposting will's shit from days of yore
Suck will"s dick much.zod?

Will Dockery

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Aug 22, 2020, 2:20:05 AM8/22/20

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As if you would know.

"Truth be told, I really don’t like poetry that much." -"Me"

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poetry.comments/MCQ8uk0Il10/aoJ1qmfWCAAJ

;)

W.Dockery

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Aug 22, 2020, 5:08:04 AM8/22/20

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Thanks for the nod, General Zod.

:)

ME

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Aug 22, 2020, 7:31:59 AM8/22/20

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Dockery speak for thanks for licking my ass, zod

W.Dockery

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Aug 22, 2020, 12:18:04 PM8/22/20

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Do you know Dockery speak for:

Obsess much, troll?

:)

Ted Schmedly

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Aug 22, 2020, 9:22:10 PM8/22/20

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They are rare now...

W.Dockery

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Aug 23, 2020, 6:56:03 AM8/23/20

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More difficult to find the correct ribbons these days.

Zod

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Aug 24, 2020, 9:44:04 PM8/24/20

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Ha ha ha....

Zod

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Dec 17, 2020, 7:22:05 PM12/17/20

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This one has a light easy flow, like drifting down the river on a pontoon boat....

Will Dockery

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Dec 18, 2020, 4:21:36 AM12/18/20

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Glad that you found this one, it will fit perfectly in Volume Two.

Zod

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Dec 19, 2020, 10:26:19 PM12/19/20

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Indeed...

Zod

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Mar 14, 2021, 10:34:03 PM3/14/21

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I would imagine so...

Will Dockery

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Mar 15, 2021, 3:05:18 AM3/15/21

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Another good find for the Shadowville Mythos blog.

Zod

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Mar 15, 2021, 8:16:29 PM3/15/21

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This would make a nice quiet interlude type piece on the blog...

Zod

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Mar 18, 2021, 10:15:20 PM3/18/21

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> Some commercial words...'stay in school'...some good advice....'I'll pull out' (just to get in......very young trying to be very old...
>
> Interesting from the young mind...
>
> Jim

Agreed and seconded...

General-Zod

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Apr 2, 2022, 3:35:11 PM4/2/22

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Yes it is....

W-Dockery

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Apr 24, 2023, 5:05:34 AM4/24/23

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A relatively early poem, written mainly to test out my friend Greg Carter's new electric typewriter, circa Spring 1976.

And so it goes.

Ash Wurthing

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Apr 24, 2023, 8:50:20 AM4/24/23

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Ah, the nostalgia of better days before the flames you help to stoke...
Long live M.A.C.!!!

W-Dockery

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Apr 24, 2023, 12:01:06 PM4/24/23

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Ash Wurthing wrote:

Hello Ash, thanks for reading and commenting.

🙂

Will Dockery

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Apr 24, 2023, 5:54:46 PM4/24/23

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> > Just like s sign.

> >
> > Kind of on the height
> > Of the experience
> > Throwing in minds
> > All twisted with followers.
> >
> > -Will Dockery
> >

> > (Written April 1977 on Greg Carter's electric typewriter)
>
>

> Oh, i'd love to own an old mechanical typewriter!

Same here, but ribbons for them are so difficult to find, nowadays.

General-Zod

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Feb 21, 2024, 11:45:31 PM2/21/24

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Kool

Will Dockery

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Feb 22, 2024, 12:07:49 AM2/22/24

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Thanks again for the nod.

Faraway Star

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Feb 22, 2024, 5:02:32 AM2/22/24

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On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 7:00:56 PM UTC-4, Richard Oakley wrote:

> :)

See them at Goodwill often, cheap...