Michael Pendragon wrote:

> On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 2:41:17 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>
>> > On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:53:00 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:48:15 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> >> > On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 11:12:59 PM UTC-4, George Dance wrote:
>> >> > > On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 10:07:06 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> >> > > > On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 4:14:40 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
>> >> > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
>> >> > > > > > Zod-The...@none.i2p wrote:
>> >> > > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > Demons
>> >> > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > We'd dress as ghosts or devils once a year
>> >> > > > > > > > to run and yell like vandals home-to-home,
>> >> > > > > > > > high on the sugar we'd take by threats of harm
>> >> > > > > > > > we'd chant at every door but there was no fear,
>> >> > > > > > > > for we played outt roles from long-forgotten darks
>> >> > > > > > > > when noxious, flesh-bound demons stalked, who'd kill
>> >> > > > > > > > or maim at whim those who'd evade their rule
>> >> > > > > > > > confined like sheep, asleep behind bars and locks.
>> >> > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > My children's children dress and do the like,
>> >> > > > > > > > but chaperoned (kids don't go out alone)
>> >> > > > > > > > and only in the twilight; when it's night,
>> >> > > > > > > > parent and child are locked within the home
>> >> > > > > > > > because "It's just not safe these days" a fact
>> >> > > > > > > > so calmly noted: Demon-time is back.
>> >> > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > ~~
>> >> > > > > > > > George J. Dance, 2009
>> >> > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > [All rights reserved - used with permission]
>> >> > > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2019/10/demons-george-j-dance.html
>> >> > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > Excellent poetry.....
>> >> > > > > > Thanks for keeping this poem afloat here, Zod. It did get a bit overlooked, and not just here. It got little attention on f/b and twitter, either, and almost ended the month with just 30 reads. Fortunately I got the idea of reposting it on twitter on Halloween night under the trending hashtag
>> >> > > > > > #halloween2019, which picked up another 16 reads and let the poem hit #1 for the month.
>> >> > > > > The time is right for a revisit... thanks to Nancy G....!
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > > Ha ha.
>> >> > > > I don't get the joke, Stinky. What's so funny about G.D. reposting one of his worst poems?
>> >> > > The joke is that only you and NastyGoon are calling it a bad poem..
>> >> > > > Unless he's trying to become Canada's answer to McGonagall, one should think he'd prefer to have this poem buried and forgotten.
>> >> > > That's a stupid comparison. It makes me think McGonagall is someone else you haven't read.
>> >> > "McGonagall has been lampooned as the worst poet in British history.."
>> >> >
>> >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGonagall
>> >> >
>> >> > Since you are attempting to become known as the worst poet in Canadian history, the comparison holds.
>> >> You're becoming known as a delusional fuckwit, Pendragon.
>>
>> > And you're
>> So, you agree with me that you're a delusional fuckwit, Pendragon?

> Why do you lie

No lie.

You truly believe that you're a better poet than William Carlos Williams, T..S. Eliot and E.E. Cummings, right?

If so, you've admitted to being a delusional fuckwit.

Case closed.

🙂