> Of course, your comments of any sort are welcome. I hate reading poetry to friends, even English majors, because the conversation ends up being, "That was nice." Argh. Maybe this'll be better, if more brutal.
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> Penny *embraces on-line brutality, even if it means proof that his poetry is lousy* stamp

Brutality?? Gee, you make this sound like one of those credit card commercials with Vikings and pirates storming the backyards of suburbanites, ready to cut them to ribbons for committing the slightest money-management peccadillo. And really, when it comes down to it, I'd *much* rather set my steel against a suburbanite than a poet.

Unless this is some really pretentious poetry we're talking about, here. :-)

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