Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery

HarryLime wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:

Faraway Star wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:

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I Met A Girl
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I met a girl
she came from California.
It was in a dream
we knew each other instantly.
She was a little freckled girl
from out of
my high school past.
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And she looked up at me
and talked real spacey.
I've forgotten her name
though she told it to me twice.
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We talked
a really detached situation.
She said years ago
I was so shy
she thought I was gay.
At this point I kissed her
and put my finger to her hole.
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And she looked up at me
and talked real spacey.
I have forgotten her name
though she told it to me twice.
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I don't know why it was
that I would think of her.
I made a couple of puns
about her name that made me blush.
But her softness in tone
made me feel all right.
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All I want to do
is get in contact.
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-Will Dockery / May 8 1982

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The official version of this poem.

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Yes, that matters.

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Only second read of this today, it captures that touch of Bukowski.

There's definitely a Buk influence there,vas well as the songs of the
day such as the Clash, who often collaborated with Allah Ginsberg.

Your poem is still extremely misogynistic

Absolutely untrue, I love women.

Demeaning and degrading to women

Not at all, the poem is simply written in the Erotic poetry genre.
In other words, you're spreading a lying misrepresentation that has been
shown wrong many times.

I don't think so at all, as I've pointed out earlier, the poem is in the
Erotic poetry genre, and the characters are influenced by Beatnik and
1980s new wave and punk rock zeitgeist of those eras.
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The poetry is a snapshot from 1982, very different times which you
apparently missed, Pendragon.

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Admittedly, I've never groped a young woman 2 minutes after meeting her.

Once again, that's not in the poem, Pendragon.
Not at all, it's a very accurate depiction of a rock and roll romance

circa early 1980s

As I said, I know because I was there, I lived and dreamed it.
Glad to clear up your confusion and set the record straight again,
although I noticed you just posted a really long post about the poem
which i may not be able to completely respond to until later tonight,
since tonight is a work night for me.
More later.