It was intended to be just short of over-the-top satirical. Sorry if that didn't come through. People more familiar with my writing latched onto it almost immediately.

i meant no direct harm, Lex. "tear me to shreds" is a fairly direct instruction. i know you've written several books and i've read "Peripheral Crow". I know what you are capable of. If it was satirical then I did miss the point.

You posted in a forum created for evisceration and I gave you just that because you are a qualified writer - not because you've published, but because you have something to say, which I feel wasn't communicated in your poetry.

Debate me, demean me, defame me, or just ignore me. Thank you for posting in this forum.

Not a problem. I just thought that maybe I should point out this was not a "serious" piece.

I've said from the day I started writing poetry that I really don't understand the whole concept of it -- my standard line: "I took to poetry like a moose takes to a flight simulator" -- so I try different things just to see what I can make out of them. If there's anything in it that I like, if there's a line or two that works for me, I'll post it in Creative Writing or put it in a book or whatever. If anybody gets anything out of it, that's just a bonus.

your snoring borders on intelligence

and yet you continue to buy into poetry.

not like they need you.

i'm just trying to get a free copy of one of your books.

i'm a stranger in the sickest sense.

"Peripheral Crow" was a great poem though.