Tuesday with Little Spain / a poem by Will Dockery

Will Dockery

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Tuesday with Little Spain / a poem by Will Dockery

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From: Andrew Roller <roller...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Tuesday with Little Spain by Will Dockery
Date: 1998/06/21
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Tuesday with Little Spain
by Will Dockery

And I am shoved back into this night life,
well she said, she said, she said it was impossible.

There is a place, it smoulders, it is the past, dreamtime,
wander these dark corridors of memory.
I sleep so deep, I don't like to sleep,
my dreams threaten to wash me away.

Floating in a sea of bad vibes, I do these things over and over,
repentatively, feel regret but keep doing it over and over.
Then the whole thing becomes a blur.

Grey and pasted, patched together with spackling
and sheet rock mud, a disgusted perversion of humanity.
During the decline and fall of poetry,
in the summer of sardonic excess,
I sat with Little Spain and felt her softness.

Still a sky poet, though tattered and glowing,
brought down from Blue Territory,
no longer in Blue Territory.
I wandered by a cold river
in the flaming copper land of summer.

This complete process of remaking we had,
your mix of pales & shades,
your, distinctive, mythic self, one distinct sing of your eyes...
I must bitterly understand our fate,
we were never meant to be,
like lost in the mirror'd rooms of a crazy house.

Crimson on the napkins,
pink fuzz on the clover.
Maneuver to the left, and forward,
into a mud soaked future.

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Tuesday with Little Spain is copyright 1998 by Will Dockery

Will Dockery

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May 22, 2015, 2:51:48 AM5/22/15

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This is an unfortunate fact, perhaps not of real importance to a great many
out there, but I have tonight evidence that Google Groups is losing posts
from the Usenet Archives, sometime during the last decade. At one time the
poem above was available in the rec.arts.poems archives, which is where I
copy and pasted the above from, about a decade ago. Now, a search of the
Google Groups archives of this poem turns up nothing of the original post,
which was June 21 1998.

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... From: Andrew Roller Subject: Tuesday with Little Spain by Will Dockery
Date: 1998/06/21 Message-ID: <358C65...@earthlink.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: ...
May 21 (20 hours ago) by me

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... From: Andrew Roller Subject: Tuesday with Little Spain by Will Dockery
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May 21 (20 hours ago) by me

More recent posts turn up but not the original post, which is really sad,
that the historic Usenet archives are being eroded in such a way.

fitnessf...@yahoo.com

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Jun 3, 2015, 3:01:24 AM6/3/15

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On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 6:39:50 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Tuesday with Little Spain / a poem by Will Dockery
>
> Archived at:
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>
> From: Andrew Roller <roller...@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Tuesday with Little Spain by Will Dockery
> Date: 1998/06/21
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Why the hell are you rehashing from 1998???

> Tuesday with Little Spain
> by Will Dockery
>

= snip =

That was so horrible David Letterman canceled his retirement just to come back and talk about how badly you suck.

fitnessf...@yahoo.com

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Jun 3, 2015, 3:02:31 AM6/3/15

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On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 2:51:48 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:

- snip -

>
> Tuesday with Little Spain is copyright 1998 by Will Dockery

You have no worries about copyright--- not only could no one ever match your dribbles, but no one would ever want to make the attempt.

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> This is an unfortunate fact, perhaps not of real importance to a great many
> out there, but I have tonight evidence that Google Groups is losing posts
> from the Usenet Archives,

So even Google thinks that you are a suck-ass "poet". Maybe it's time you stopped.

Will Dockery

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Oct 25, 2019, 2:44:27 AM10/25/19

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From the 1998 Archives.

Zod

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Aug 21, 2020, 9:48:04 PM8/21/20

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A rare classic...

W.Dockery

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Aug 24, 2020, 12:28:04 AM8/24/20

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Thanks for the endorsement, Zod.

:)

Zod

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Aug 25, 2020, 9:50:05 PM8/25/20

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Not a problem, Doc...

W.Dockery

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Nov 15, 2020, 7:10:05 PM11/15/20

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25 yeas later and it still stands well, I think.

Zod

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Nov 18, 2020, 7:02:05 PM11/18/20

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> 25 years later and it still stands well, I think.

Indeed so, Doc...

Zod

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Nov 22, 2020, 10:26:04 PM11/22/20

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I am downtown a Waffle House, come join us, Doc...

Zod

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Dec 17, 2020, 7:20:05 PM12/17/20

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23 years later, still a classic......

W.Dockery

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Dec 18, 2020, 5:10:05 AM12/18/20

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Again, thanks.

Zod

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Dec 24, 2020, 4:54:04 PM12/24/20

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And another poem from that dark 1990s era...

W.Dockery

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May 31, 2022, 8:10:15 AM5/31/22

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From the 1998 Archives, comments and critique welcome, as usual.

HTH and HAND.

General-Zod

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Jun 15, 2022, 4:35:17 PM6/15/22

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Another of your classics.....

W.Dockery

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Jun 21, 2022, 9:15:21 AM6/21/22

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Thanks again for the nod, General Zod.

🙂

W-Dockery

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Jun 25, 2022, 7:00:19 PM6/25/22

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Good evening and thanks again for the nod.

W.Dockery

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Jul 27, 2022, 1:15:18 AM7/27/22

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W-Dockery

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Aug 4, 2022, 2:52:57 PM8/4/22

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I remember the day I wrote this poem, Summer 1998, June, I think.

Upstairs at the CVCC library in Phenix City.

Zod

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Aug 8, 2022, 7:10:25 PM8/8/22

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Good memory my friend...

W-Dockery

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Aug 11, 2022, 12:55:14 AM8/11/22

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Interesting, apparently Pendragon is reading these posts while pretending not to.

🙂

W.Dockery

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Aug 24, 2022, 10:05:11 PM8/24/22

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Good times for us all.

W.Dockery

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Aug 26, 2022, 10:09:40 PM8/26/22

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It has indeed stood the test of time.

W.Dockery

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Aug 27, 2022, 12:28:04 PM8/27/22

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Good morning my friend.

W.Dockery

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Aug 30, 2022, 6:12:14 AM8/30/22

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Good morning, thanks again.

W-Dockery

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Aug 30, 2022, 3:00:17 PM8/30/22

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It sure had Pendragon whining.

🙂

W.Dockery

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Sep 1, 2022, 12:01:19 PM9/1/22

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Thanks again, my friend.

🙂

W.Dockery

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Sep 3, 2022, 4:00:54 PM9/3/22

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Good times, in hindsight.

W-Dockery

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Sep 4, 2022, 11:25:11 PM9/4/22

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Good evening, thanks again.

Zod

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Sep 13, 2022, 8:09:07 PM9/13/22

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Good day to you....!

W-Dockery

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Sep 15, 2022, 10:35:54 PM9/15/22

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Good evening, my friend.

W-Dockery

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Sep 20, 2022, 2:24:49 AM9/20/22

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I can look it up because I also made a post on a Bob Dylan group, which is time-stamped.

General-Zod

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Sep 22, 2022, 9:50:55 PM9/22/22

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Hello and good day to you...!

W.Dockery

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Sep 25, 2022, 9:53:34 PM9/25/22

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Good afternoon, my friend.

W.Dockery

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Nov 21, 2022, 3:20:35 AM11/21/22

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Thanks again for reading and commenting, Zod.

General-Zod

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Nov 22, 2022, 10:56:36 PM11/22/22

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Hi..... once again one of your very best poems....!

W-Dockery

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Nov 26, 2022, 6:52:41 AM11/26/22

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Good morning, and thanks again for the nod, Zod.

🙂

General-Zod

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Nov 26, 2022, 7:01:25 PM11/26/22

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Being the poetry lover that I am, it was not a problem....

W-Dockery

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Nov 27, 2022, 1:13:41 AM11/27/22

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Good evening, my friend.

W.Dockery

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Nov 28, 2022, 1:18:06 PM11/28/22

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General-Zod

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Nov 29, 2022, 8:08:34 PM11/29/22

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Being the poetry lover that i am I quite enjoyed it....

W.Dockery

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Nov 30, 2022, 8:31:17 PM11/30/22

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> Being the poetry lover that i am I quite enjoyed it....

Good evening, appreciate it.

W-Dockery

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Dec 17, 2022, 5:25:14 PM12/17/22

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Thanks again and happy holidays to you and Mike.

:)

W.Dockery

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Dec 21, 2022, 5:25:13 PM12/21/22

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Thanks again, are you heading to Florida this weekend?

W-Dockery

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Dec 31, 2022, 5:55:15 PM12/31/22

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Good evening, Zod, and happy new year

🙂

W.Dockery

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Jul 24, 2023, 12:40:20 AM7/24/23

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> Hello and good day to you...!

Good evening Zod, thanks again for the nod.

🙂

W.Dockery

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Jul 27, 2023, 9:40:19 PM7/27/23

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Good evening my friend, thanks again for the positive feedback.

W.Dockery

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Aug 1, 2023, 7:35:20 PM8/1/23

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Good evening again and thanks for the nod.

General-Zod

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Aug 4, 2023, 2:10:22 PM8/4/23

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Yep... a fave from the olden times...!

W.Dockery

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Aug 7, 2023, 8:50:22 PM8/7/23

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Good evening, thanks again.

W.Dockery

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Aug 11, 2023, 10:45:25 PM8/11/23

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> classic...

Good evening, thanks for the nod.

General-Zod

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Aug 16, 2023, 4:05:30 PM8/16/23

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>> A rare classic...

> Thanks again for the nod, General Zod.

Good day to you and splendid trip down the lanes of memory...!

W.Dockery

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Aug 22, 2023, 4:45:25 AM8/22/23

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> Good day to you and splendid trip down the lanes of memory...!

Good morning, again, thanks for the read.

General-Zod

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Aug 24, 2023, 3:45:29 PM8/24/23

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Glad to, it was a good read...

W.Dockery

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Aug 25, 2023, 12:50:38 PM8/25/23

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This one takes place in Summer 1997, based on true events.

W.Dockery

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Aug 29, 2023, 3:40:21 PM8/29/23

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>>> 23 years later, still a classic......

>>
>> Again, thanks.

> And another poem from that dark 1990s era...

Thanks again for the read.

:)

W.Dockery

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Aug 29, 2023, 4:40:22 PM8/29/23

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Zod wrote:
>
> I am downtown a Waffle House, come join us, Doc...

I can't right now, perhaps later.

:)

General-Zod

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Sep 15, 2023, 3:10:16 PM9/15/23

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Will Dockery wrote:
> Tuesday with Little Spain / a poem by Will Dockery
>
> Archived at:
> http://comments.poetry.arts.alt.groups.com.ru/196352-Re_Tuesday_with_Little_Spain_by_Will_Dockery
>
> From: Andrew Roller <roller...@earthlink.net>

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Note, first posted in 1998 by Andrew Roller ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Note to Pen, another one first posted by one "Andrew Roller" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

W.Dockery

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Sep 18, 2023, 4:55:13 PM9/18/23

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That's correct, Roller also published many of our chapbooks at that time period.

General-Zod

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Sep 22, 2023, 3:55:17 PM9/22/23

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> This one takes place in Summer 1997, based on true events.

Another good read of another good poem..!

W.Dockery

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Sep 25, 2023, 5:30:13 PM9/25/23

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Exactly, you nailed it.

:)

General-Zod

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Oct 6, 2023, 2:55:15 PM10/6/23

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Ha ha... yep.

General-Zod

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Oct 6, 2023, 5:10:24 PM10/6/23

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It was an outstanding poem then and remains so...!

That is all.

W.Dockery

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Oct 12, 2023, 1:35:15 AM10/12/23

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Good evening my friend.

W.Dockery

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Oct 12, 2023, 11:00:15 AM10/12/23

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This probably the same "heroine" that Michael Pendragon keeps obsessing over.

😃

W.Dockery

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Oct 15, 2023, 4:45:19 PM10/15/23

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Again, exactly.

General-Zod

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Oct 19, 2023, 3:30:17 PM10/19/23

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A few of mine as well.......

W.Dockery

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Oct 23, 2023, 9:55:17 PM10/23/23

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Good times.

W.Dockery

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Oct 28, 2023, 11:35:16 PM10/28/23

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> another one

Thanks again for reading and commenting, Zod.

😃

W.Dockery

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Nov 6, 2023, 11:35:17 AM11/6/23

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You know Pendragon's a bit on the slow side when it comes to comprehension.

😃

W.Dockery

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Nov 12, 2023, 12:15:20 AM11/12/23

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Good find, Zod.

General-Zod

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Nov 17, 2023, 3:30:32 PM11/17/23

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Roller did good with small press publications...!

W.Dockery

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Nov 19, 2023, 6:35:17 PM11/19/23

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Yes, never did find out what happened to him.

General-Zod

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Nov 22, 2023, 10:05:18 PM11/22/23

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Great confessional poetry

W.Dockery

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Nov 26, 2023, 9:30:20 AM11/26/23

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Thanks again, yes, in my opinion, this is a good example of Confessional poetry.

🙂

General-Zod

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Dec 4, 2023, 12:55:19 PM12/4/23

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Yo !

True !

W.Dockery

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Dec 10, 2023, 3:20:14 PM12/10/23

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Good afternoon my friend.

🙂

General-Zod

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Dec 15, 2023, 6:30:22 AM12/15/23

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Again

Good day

Good read

Yo

W.Dockery

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Dec 23, 2023, 5:20:22 PM12/23/23

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Good afternoon and happy holidays to you and Mike my friend.

🙂

General-Zod

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Jan 23, 2024, 5:30:15 PMJan 23

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One of best...

Another post for GD and Retro Guy, is this visible to all...?