Re: I Met A Girl / Will Dockery

On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 20:33:59 +0000, HarryLime wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:
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On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 16:59:11 +0000, HarryLime wrote:
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Will Dockery wrote:

General-Zod 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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On my second read of this today, it captures that touch of Bukowski

but is fully a Doc story... superb...

Welcome back, Zod, and thanks again for the nod.

I thank... good to be back...!

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Great new art, by the way:

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https://imgur.com/gallery/hth2PQb
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https://imgur.com/gallery/BJgjm9m
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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 e

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See below:
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https://youtu.be/Qb21lsCQ3EM?si=Ire6VgsyvuzQui5j
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The poetry is a snapshot from 1982, very different times which you
apparently missed, Pendragon.

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Again ^^^
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Admittedly

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objectifying, insensitive

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It was a poem based on a dream in 1982.
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Those were different times.

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If you're saying that the 1980s were before

It was 43 years ago in Atlanta Georgia.
We've seen many changes, obviously.

Not at all, it's a very accurate depiction of a rock and roll romance
circa early 1980s

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See below:
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https://youtu.be/Qb21lsCQ3EM?si=Ire6VgsyvuzQui5j
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I know because I was there, I lived it.

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So you

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(False accusations snipped)
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No, it was all consensual, read the poem.

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Again ^^^
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You do not say that it is consensual in the poem

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It's a poem, not every detail is included in a poem.

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That's a very important "detail" to leave unclear.

I think the poem is pretty clear, it was a nice night, nobody was
harmed.

It was very clear it was consensual in the poem.

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Again ^^^
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For example, the girl didn't slap me or yell at me or anything.

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That's another classic quote

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Just saying she was enjoying my company, obviously.
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If  she wasn't enjoying my company she could have easily walked away.

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Or, as you had previously stated, she would have slapped you or yelled
at you.

At least.

Did women frequently slap and/or yell at you for coming on to them a bit
too aggressively in those days

Now that you mention it, I don't think I ever had that problem.

Of course she didn't slap you, yell, or otherwise resist --

No, it was a fun night, no drama.

Because we were just talking and having a nice time, if she didn't want
to be with me she could just leave.
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stoned out of her freakin' mind.

It was a party, most people probably had a buzz at least.

Again, it was a poem about a dream and in both she was very lucid

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No... in the poem she "talked real spacey"

It was 1982, a little of us talked spacy sometimes.

and your attempts at
conversation came across as a "really detached situation."

That was probably me and my my natural shyness causing that.
Or the fact that it was just a dream, not real life.

Those descriptions are hardly synonymous with "lucid."

That depends.
And I also wrote "very lucid" not completely lucid.

Just because you weren't the one who slipped a roofie in her drink,

I'm pretty sure that didn't happen.
In other words, you made it up

That's definitely just another figment of your delusional imagination,
Pendragon.
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doesn't mean that you had any right to take advantage of her when in
that state.

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For starters, it's a poem about a dream.
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I didn't see any drugs in the dream.

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But you did see their effects

Not especially.

she "talked real spacey"

Like I said kind of like an Atlanta Georgia version of a Valley Girl.
/your talk

created a "really detached situation."

Talking about high school was slightly awkward since she remembered what
a nerd I was sometimes.

And don't try playing innocent about it.

I'm innocent, no reason to play at it.

Play innocent?
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I was absolutely innocent of any of these accusations you've making.
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You mention, *twice* in your

poem that she looked up at you and "talked real spacey."

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She came from California, talking real spacey like one of those Valley
Girls:

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If you meant that she talked like a Valley Girl

In a way.
It was 1982 in Atlanta Georgia, so she was probably imitating something
she saw on MTV

https://youtu.be/Qb21lsCQ3EM?si=Ire6VgsyvuzQui5j
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I have to go make coffee now, I'll return soon to complete my response
to your critique.
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Thanks again for reading and commenting.

HTH and HAND.
😏