poemranker ::The Writing Life #2 by poetandknowit

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Haiku № 17190

The Writing Life #2

Member since 2002 · Posted 25 Sep 2002 · 26 comments

mail woman arrives rush to the door just to say thank you, and hello.

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26 comments

[n/a] INTRANSIT 25-Sep-02/8:45 PM Reply
Good flow! Nailed the 5-7-5! What season is it?
[8] Tibbs 25-Sep-02/10:31 PM Reply
Made me smile with this one. Thank you.
[9] god'swife 25-Sep-02/10:52 PM Reply
I like your poem. Speaking of mail, how would you like to receive a subscription to your favorite magazine? I'm selling them as a fund raiser for my school I need one more subscription by tommorrow to win a really big prize. what do you say? S.O.g
[n/a] poetandknowit › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:00 PM Reply
What does S.O.g. mean. And what magazines?
[9] god'swife › poetandknowit 25-Sep-02/11:14 PM Reply
S.O.g means Spawn of god'swife aka Son of god'swife. He's desperate, he needs to sell one more magazine(you name it) to go on some decadent limo ride to the restuarant of his choice and then it's on to the arcade for hours of video games.
[n/a] poetandknowit › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:19 PM Reply
Utne Reader? How much?
[9] god'swife › poetandknowit 25-Sep-02/11:23 PM Reply
6 issues for 15, 12 for 30. We also have weight -watchers.
[8] Tibbs › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:28 PM Reply
I think she's calling you fat!
[9] god'swife › Tibbs 25-Sep-02/11:31 PM Reply
Not me, my son is exercising his humour.
[n/a] poetandknowit › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:36 PM Reply
Oh yes, her son called me Chicken Vomit Breath when I was half dead of fever last weekend and he marauded his mother's late night secrets and ransacked the site. No weight watchers. I am far from fat, sorry. Tell you son I am going to kick his ass!!! Now there is some testosterone. And then I am going to tell all his buddies at school that he sits down to go pee.
[8] Tibbs › poetandknowit 25-Sep-02/11:38 PM Reply
You're going to send him that $30 anyways, aren't you?
[n/a] poetandknowit › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:32 PM Reply
How do I pay? Freaking kid and a limo ride playing video games that rot his brain with the excuse of oh it will improve the hand eye coordination and he will be a baseball player for the dodgers. Will he really get this or is it a hoax? Will I get this magazine or am I sending you $30 so you can buy crack and cigarettes? I am a sucker that way. I have crack heads at my door at least twice a year with some cooked up story about needing a part for the car that I never see, and I let myself fall for it every time. God damn one legged, wheel chair bound no benefit vet on the corner of Colfax and York has made a killing off me.
[9] god'swife › poetandknowit 25-Sep-02/11:40 PM Reply
Oh my God you make me happy I'll pay for the subscription, you can reinburse when you receive the first issue. I need your address city state zip. A bogus ph#, enless fo course you want telemarketers breaking the monotony. I'll post my e-mail and you can send the info to that. Leave your e-mail and I'll send you my address. Let me know when you picked up the e-mail address so I can delete it.
[9] god'swife › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:51 PM Reply
Hello, are we closing this deal or would you rather not? That's ok.
[n/a] poetandknowit › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:54 PM Reply
I was waiting for your e-mail.
[n/a] poetandknowit › poetandknowit 25-Sep-02/11:59 PM Reply
got it, info is on the way.
[n/a] poetandknowit › god'swife 25-Sep-02/11:03 PM Reply
Did you think if you said my poem sucked I would automatically write the sales pitch off. Someone keeps lowering their score. If they only knew the life, day after day, alone. No one to talk to; the highlight of the day is the freaking mail!! I am obsessed.
[9] god'swife 26-Sep-02/12:36 AM Reply
By the way dear Dr., there's a terrific website, www.todotango.com. I think you'd like it. They have a link to a few Argentine radio stations, the best of them being Radio Criolla. Play it and think of me. Sweet dreams, Caio.
[8] Christof 26-Sep-02/2:31 AM Reply
Highly comic and no doubt true.
[n/a] Amelia 27-Sep-02/2:05 PM Reply
You must really enjoy being nasty to people, you are the reason I've deleted 10 of my poems from this site. I think I will just move my poems to poetry.com at least there I won't get insulted.
[n/a] poetandknowit › Amelia 27-Sep-02/2:14 PM Reply
AMALEA: I was not being nasty. I was saying I'm sorry. I am reaaly not z or balth! I promise. Come back, please come back.
[n/a] Amelia › poetandknowit 7-Oct-02/7:52 AM Reply
Hi, I'm back. NO more catfights or I promise you a verbal duel.
[4] loneshadow29 › Amelia 28-Sep-02/8:52 AM Reply
I agree with you... he is the exact same way to me as well... you should post on piptalk.com... they're really nice and they'll help out if you need. But, I think he enjoys bashing works so he will feel better about his own... oh and p&k, if you're reading this... not the best poem in the world bud..
[8] Venus 2-Oct-02/11:39 PM Reply
8/10
[6] xanthippe 27-Oct-02/3:30 PM Reply
patient, are we? :D
[5] hipster flare 8-Jan-03/9:29 AM Reply
nothing personal, but I always belive that the word "just" is unnecessary in most writing. every word should count.