A World of Rolled Up Newspapers - Section B

Let me ask you, how does the poem change when "dog" is addressed in the female gender? come now little "....." stop shaking it's only thunder More specifically, do you still see a dog?

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/1/2018 8:11:00 PM

To each, its age … Shakespeare's had 'bastard.' (Edmund, of Gloucester in "Hamlet," if memory serves me correctly). Yes, words certainly trap and ensnare---if we let them. … Thought-provoking write, Maureen! :) gw

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 7/1/2018 9:21:00 PM

Ooh! There's a B word I haven't broached here...

Tim Smith

Date: 6/29/2018 6:31:00 AM

Lol, can't wait for the classifieds

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2018 6:41:00 AM

You are awesome :) Thank you Tim! xomo!

Lyric Man

Date: 6/29/2018 5:13:00 AM

Makes your Haiku, Hip Hop lines!

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2018 6:07:00 AM

Hip hop language ;p

Silent One

Date: 6/29/2018 4:38:00 AM

You do make one think... I never use that term... just dog is suffice...

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/29/2018 6:06:00 AM

Good enough for me ;) thinking that is. <3

Eileen Manassian

Date: 6/28/2018 10:41:00 PM

OH dear....what the world has done to us. No, I don't see a dog anymore, dear....powerful lines. We get accustomed to what we hear...and not always for the good.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/28/2018 11:01:00 PM

Well said. And the metaphor I was trying to ply didn't seem to fly without it. That's a powerful word, time to take the power back ;) Thank you for participating in my Section B Questionaire Lol xomo! ;p