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Sauvignon

Member since 2004 · Posted 12 Mar 2005 · 13 comments

Try my Lâorangerie Ninety-Four Iâve saved it for this special night Loire Valley southwest of Paris and tell me how it feels So he raised a glass swirled expertly inspected legs inserted his member sensing bouquet âFull-bodied, fineâ he said âYouâve a French sensibilityâ âThank you,â I sighed breathing heavily He tasted, smiled bid me drink ahead a gentleman to be sure When weâd drunk our fill and said goodnight I returned bottle to rack brought from hiding the empty Two-Buck-Chuck and put it in the trash

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[10] Dan garcia-Black 12-Mar-05/5:26 PM Reply

2buckchuck&awinesnob. This is a lovely cock-tale of deceit.-10-

[n/a] Dovina › Dan garcia-Black 13-Mar-05/6:35 AM Reply

When deceived, deceive. And eye for an eye. But itâs fantasy really - getting even. Might as well laugh and write a poem.

[6] zodiac 12-Mar-05/10:45 PM Reply

Have you ever drunk a bottle of wine costing more than, oh, $10?

This is not poetry. It's a bad idea on its last legs.

[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 13-Mar-05/6:37 AM Reply

Very funny pun - legs. hahahaha hahahahaha hahahahaha

[6] zodiac › Dovina 14-Mar-05/9:21 PM Reply

Why don't you answer my question?

[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 15-Mar-05/7:02 AM Reply

Yes

[6] zodiac › Dovina 16-Mar-05/9:20 PM Reply

Could you honestly not tell the difference between it and the two-dollar wine? Call me clothesminded, but it strikes me that for a metaphor to work, the real-world thing it's referencing (in this case, the actual wine,) has to work. I'd be hard-pressed to name someone (even among the Islams here) who couldn't tell the difference between $2 and $10 bottles of wine.

[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 17-Mar-05/8:09 AM Reply

Whether I could tell the difference is not even addressed in the poem, nor does it make any difference.

[6] zodiac › Dovina 18-Mar-05/9:50 PM Reply

Sorry. I'll rephrase: Do you personally know someone who would both
a) claim to be knowledgeable about wines, and
b) mistake a $2 bottle of wine for some aged French Sauvignon?

Of course, that's not the point. The point is it's a metaphor for guys who are dogs, didn't I see the whole inserting his member bit, wasn't that clever? No, it wasn't particularly. And no, for a metaphor to work it's GOT TO WORK IN REAL LIFE (ie, wine) before working in metaphorland (ie, sex). Otherwise I could just write a poem about how my rugged good looks are a metaphor for my winning personality.

Anyway, answer the question for a dinar. I know you think it's some clever word-trap, so I'll go first: No, I don't know anybody who would do both of those things.

[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 19-Mar-05/6:50 AM Reply

I know someone whom I believe could make the mistake and who claims to be knowledgeable about wines. Of course thatâs not the point, nor is it a metaphor for guys who are dogs. Itâs a fantasy of getting even for a deception. The relationship between having a glass of wine with a man and having sex is an add-on, not the main purpose of the poem. Still, the metaphor works in real life, I think, though itâs admittedly not well developed in the poem.

[6] zodiac › Dovina 20-Mar-05/1:31 AM Reply

Oh. Then it's simply not a very good metaphor, or very useful in this poem. And I still find it hard to believe. But then I'm not Californian. Anyway, sorry :-(

[9] Stephen Robins 14-Mar-05/4:05 AM Reply

smut.

[8] poodietat 14-Mar-05/10:33 PM Reply

Funny, yes. Poetry, afraid not. 8 for the laugh.