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I'd say it's both. It was written for cat, who I had for 16 years, who was euthanized a few days ago. edit: heh, 'for' my if he's going to ...

*gigglesnort* And that's all I have to say.

Ah, the old Brad is back (yes that's a good thing....sort of). As long as your whininess doesn't transcend into AIM conversations, it's very pretty.

The poem is being said by a speaker who is jealous of the apparent ease with which another poet spins metaphors and words with apparent ease. And I like that; ...

You're starting to sound a touch like Brad. This is a great improvement from some of your earlier poetry. It flows well throughout and ends strongly.

Hmmm, I quite liked this. Great images, (e.g. 'pale pink face of hunger') a strong theme throughout from beginning to end. Nice ending too.

If someone's publishing that... a lot. This is like a twinkie, it's all puffy and nice but there's really nothing there. And in large doses it probably causes cancer. It's ...

If by stuffed crust you're referring to pizza, and that isn't some kind of euphemism that's going over my head, I have to say, it draws a nice parallel to ...

Oh no...it's happening again. I'm becoming a Lacanian freak. aren't we all...

i wouldn't want to meet the corporeal form of this poem in a dark alley, that's for sure.

agreed, I want to legally marry the last line of this poem.

*nods with approval*

right, well, it's still not very good. *grin*

*frolics with brad* I really do like this you know..

Subtle and unpretentious, which makes me very proud. I am after all the one who endlessly suffered retinal damage due to the melodrama content of some of your early works. ...