• Re: Sunshine Flower Company / Will Dockery

    From Cujo DeSockpuppet@21:1/5 to NancyGene on Wed Jun 18 19:37:33 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.poetry

    nancygene.andjayme@gmail.com (NancyGene) wrote in news:37a2cf8dca3bd8cbc4d24ddfa85d7a15@www.novabbs.com:

    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:26:56 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:58:23 +0000, cujodemaniac wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:37:38 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:30:03 +0000, NancyGene wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Sunshine Flower Company

    Joanne was my Flower Girl;
    it was as if she'd stepped
    out of a Cowsills' song.
    That corner was
    on one of my major routes
    so I'd see her as I walked home.

    On the corner
    of Cheshire Bridge and La Vista
    that was the Flower Girl's beat.
    She'd sell her flowers
    all day there
    no matter the cold or heat.

    This was 1981
    several years past
    the Atlanta hippie heyday.
    But one of the Utopian enterprises
    still thrived
    at communal Sunshine Flower Company.

    She'd take a quick break
    so we could talk and smoke a joint
    then I'd sit on the side.
    Watching the barefoot hippie girl
    sell her flower bundles
    to folks in traffic
    backed up at the light.

    -Will Dockery (2020)

    ***

    Original text restored.

    Photo

    Again, Usenet is a text-based medium, NancyGene.

    No photos here on Nova BBS.

    If you want pictures, go back to Facebook.


    A Douchebag says what?

    --

    Your childish name-calling and lack of poetry contest is noted, Cujo.

    Cujo has won many poetry contests. Do you want to have a contest here?
    We will enter, and Michael and Cujo. Pick a topic.

    My poetry vs. Team Douchebag?

    Post away. Dreckweasel.

    I'll get PJR to judge.

    Loser drops 50 bucks to my favorite kitty shelter.

    What say ye, Team Douchebag?

    --
    "Post-editing someone's statement before replying to it is a sure sign
    that you have already lost the argument." - Little Willie Douchebag gets another asskicking from Pendragon.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Cujo DeSockpuppet@21:1/5 to NancyGene on Wed Jun 18 19:38:41 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.poetry

    nancygene.andjayme@gmail.com (NancyGene) wrote in news:c8f7751fc414513a49acbcd5db5dbe30@www.novabbs.com:

    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:01:05 +0000, Will-Dockery wrote:

    NancyGene wrote:
    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:26:56 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:


    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:58:23 +0000, cujodemaniac wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:37:38 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:30:03 +0000, NancyGene wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Sunshine Flower Company

    Joanne was my Flower Girl;
    it was as if she'd stepped
    out of a Cowsills' song.
    That corner was
    on one of my major routes
    so I'd see her as I walked home.

    On the corner
    of Cheshire Bridge and La Vista
    that was the Flower Girl's beat.
    She'd sell her flowers
    all day there
    no matter the cold or heat.

    This was 1981
    several years past
    the Atlanta hippie heyday.
    But one of the Utopian enterprises
    still thrived
    at communal Sunshine Flower Company.

    She'd take a quick break
    so we could talk and smoke a joint
    then I'd sit on the side.
    Watching the barefoot hippie girl
    sell her flower bundles
    to folks in traffic
    backed up at the light.

    -Will Dockery (2020)

    ***

    Original text restored.

    Photo

    Again, Usenet is a text-based medium, NancyGene.

    No photos here on Nova BBS.

    If you want pictures, go back to Facebook.


    A Douchebag says what?

    --

    Your childish name-calling and lack of poetry contest is noted,
    Cujo.



    Cujo has won many poetry contests.

    Which contests?


    Duh, read what you wrote, Mr. Eagle Eye.

    What a stupid douchebag.

    --
    "Post-editing someone's statement before replying to it is a sure sign
    that you have already lost the argument." - Little Willie Douchebag gets another asskicking from Pendragon.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 19 02:04:26 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.poetry

    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:58:23 +0000, Kevin Fries aka "cujodemaniac"
    wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:37:38 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:30:03 +0000, NancyGene wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Sunshine Flower Company

    Joanne was my Flower Girl;
    it was as if she'd stepped
    out of a Cowsills' song.
    That corner was
    on one of my major routes
    so I'd see her as I walked home.

    On the corner
    of Cheshire Bridge and La Vista
    that was the Flower Girl's beat.
    She'd sell her flowers
    all day there
    no matter the cold or heat.

    This was 1981
    several years past
    the Atlanta hippie heyday.
    But one of the Utopian enterprises
    still thrived
    at communal Sunshine Flower Company.

    She'd take a quick break
    so we could talk and smoke a joint
    then I'd sit on the side.
    Watching the barefoot hippie girl
    sell her flower bundles
    to folks in traffic
    backed up at the light.

    -Will Dockery (2020)

    ***

    Original text restored.

    Photo

    Again, Usenet is a text-based medium, NancyGene.
    No photos here on Nova BBS.
    If you want pictures, go back to Facebook.

    🙂
    A Douchebag says what?


    It's shit simple, Kevin. Michael Monkey's "art" is not allowed on
    Usenet. No one here sees it, and no one here wants to see it.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Cujo DeSockpuppet@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Thu Jun 19 02:20:41 2025
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.poetry

    George J. Dance@novabbs.com (George J. Dance) wrote in news:c03136c591e62a81f9d87e3ea6bd5cea@www.novabbs.com:

    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:58:23 +0000, Kevin Fries aka "cujodemaniac"
    wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:37:38 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:30:03 +0000, NancyGene wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Sunshine Flower Company

    Joanne was my Flower Girl;
    it was as if she'd stepped
    out of a Cowsills' song.
    That corner was
    on one of my major routes
    so I'd see her as I walked home.

    On the corner
    of Cheshire Bridge and La Vista
    that was the Flower Girl's beat.
    She'd sell her flowers
    all day there
    no matter the cold or heat.

    This was 1981
    several years past
    the Atlanta hippie heyday.
    But one of the Utopian enterprises
    still thrived
    at communal Sunshine Flower Company.

    She'd take a quick break
    so we could talk and smoke a joint
    then I'd sit on the side.
    Watching the barefoot hippie girl
    sell her flower bundles
    to folks in traffic
    backed up at the light.

    -Will Dockery (2020)

    ***

    Original text restored.

    Photo

    Again, Usenet is a text-based medium, NancyGene.
    No photos here on Nova BBS.
    If you want pictures, go back to Facebook.

    🙂
    A Douchebag says what?


    It's shit simple, Kevin. Michael Monkey's "art" is not allowed on
    Usenet. No one here sees it, and no one here wants to see it.


    It's amazing how wrong you can be, George. There are binary groups on
    Usenet. And if you have the right newsreadeer it will decode and display
    the picture if you open the post. Google Groups is not Usenet.

    Frankly, the pictures improved my perception of the Dreckweasel. Needed
    more of that old time "blue tarp on the roof as a white trash fix" feel
    to really put it over all the way. Know your audience and all that, eh?

    Maybe it's not my place to say this but I don't give a fuck.

    Pendragon has to start charging The Douchebag for the public relations
    effort.

    Toodles!


    They're funny as hell. If it were up to me I'd have Jordy as the butt
    remora in the images. Maybe a box on a table labeled "BUTT REMORA FOOD"
    to get the concept across. You know the deal. You're a player, right?

    --
    "Post-editing someone's statement before replying to it is a sure sign
    that you have already lost the argument." - Little Willie Douchebag gets another asskicking from Pendragon.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to cujodemaniac on Fri Jun 20 18:40:38 2025
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    On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:47:52 +0000, cujodemaniac wrote:

    On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 2:04:22 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

    On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:58:23 +0000, Kevin Fries aka "cujodemaniac"
    wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:37:38 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:30:03 +0000, NancyGene wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Sunshine Flower Company

    Joanne was my Flower Girl;
    it was as if she'd stepped
    out of a Cowsills' song.
    That corner was
    on one of my major routes
    so I'd see her as I walked home.

    On the corner
    of Cheshire Bridge and La Vista
    that was the Flower Girl's beat.
    She'd sell her flowers
    all day there
    no matter the cold or heat.

    This was 1981
    several years past
    the Atlanta hippie heyday.
    But one of the Utopian enterprises
    still thrived
    at communal Sunshine Flower Company.

    She'd take a quick break
    so we could talk and smoke a joint
    then I'd sit on the side.
    Watching the barefoot hippie girl
    sell her flower bundles
    to folks in traffic
    backed up at the light.

    -Will Dockery (2020)

    ***

    Original text restored.

    Photo

    Again, Usenet is a text-based medium, NancyGene.
    No photos here on Nova BBS.
    If you want pictures, go back to Facebook.

    🙂
    A Douchebag says what?


    It's shit simple, Kevin. Michael Monkey's "art" is not allowed on
    Usenet. No one here sees it, and no one here wants to see it.

    It's amazing how wrong you can be, George. There are binary groups on
    Usenet. And if you have the right newsreader it will decode and display
    the picture if you open the post. Google Groups is not Usenet.

    Yes, Kevin, there are groups for binaries on Usenet. There are also
    text-based newsgroups, where binaries are not to be used. The three
    you're posting to are text-based newsgroups.

    Frankly, the pictures improved my perception of the Dreckweasel. They're funny as hell. If it were up to me I'd have Jordy as the butt remora in
    the images. Maybe a box on a table labeled "BUTT REMORA FOOD" to get the concept across. You know the deal. You're a player, right? Pendragon has
    to start charging The Douchebag for the public relations effort. Do you
    think Dreckweasel has any marketing money he could spare?

    If I was asked to improve it overall, I'd say it needed more of that old
    time "blue tarp on the roof as a white trash fix" feel to really put it
    over all the way. Know your audience and all that, eh?

    Your "audience" is completely imaginary, Kevin. But dream on.

    But they are the
    funniest thing since the hundreds of posts where Little Willie Douchebag denies they are boogers.

    That's a rather low bar. But, as they say, small things amuse small
    minds.

    Toodles!

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