George J. Dance wrote:

> > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > >
> > > My Father's House
> > >
> > > This is my father's house, although
> > > The man died thirteen years ago.
> > > They said it would be quite all right
> > > To take a drive to see it now.
> > >
> > > Dad laid those grey foundation blocks
> > > And built the whole thing (from a box),
> > > Toiling after each full day's work.
> > > I helped, though I was only six.
> > >
> > > Look, here's the back door I would use
> > > And here's where I'd remove my shoes
> > > To enter; there I'd leave my things
> > > And, when allowed, climb up these stairs.
> > >
> > > In this room I'd wash many a dish,
> > > Gaze out this window, and I'd wish
> > > To be so many other places.
> > > (Wishy-washy? Oh, I guess!)
> > >
> > > Outside, the garden that he grew
> > > Where I would work the summers through,
> > > While watching my friends run and play
> > > Mysterious games I never knew.
> > >
> > > That room's all changed; oh, where is it,
> > > The one chair I was let to sit?
> > > (For boys can be such filthy things.)
> > > Which, the corner where boys were put?
> > >
> > > Oh ... down that hall there is a room
> > > Where I'd be shut (as in a tomb)
> > > After the meal, to make no noise,
> > > To read or play alone, and then
> > >
> > > Lights out: in bed by nine each night,
> > > Some nights wanting to pee with fright,
> > > Face and pyjama bottoms down
> > > As for my father's belt I'd wait.
> > >
> > > Oh, if I were a millionaire
> > > I'd buy my father's house, and there
> > > I'd build a bonfire, oh so high
> > > Its flames would light up all the air.
> > >
> > > ~~
> > > George J. Dance
> > > from Logos and other logoi, 2021
> > >
> > General-Zod wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > PING G.D... this posted on JLA...????

> Yes, it did. I'm replying to the copy on JKA right now.

> This is a response to the post seen at:
> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=660786594#660786594

Well that's a good start.

We may have to change our approach to posting as the new era of Usenet develops.

W.Dockery wrote:
> We may have to change our approach to posting as the new era of Usenet
> develops.
>
>
There is no new era of Usenet, you pissbum tards have ruined it.

William Price wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> We may have to change our approach to posting as the new era of Usenet
>> develops.
> >
> >
> There is no new era of Usenet, you pissbum tards have ruined it.

Says the Usenet troll.

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