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(Going Batty - original title) Yes… It’s me squeaking. I know that bats only squeak when they are excited, But Man! You are a pretty exciting occurrence! I do understand… Most bats can’t hear you, you know, But I TRACHOPS CIRRHOSUS Have no such neuroses. You really take pictures, Write a book? I’ll pose for you Eating a frog. Oh! Oh! I’m not ‘your little Microchiroptera’ And I’m NOT going back to the lab with you. Men! They’re all the same! And I thought that one Was a different species altogether… Example posted for "Enter your own competition". 1) I have thought about entering my own previous create a character competition, so I made the competition title my poem title. 2) The required form was dramatic monologue, so I attempted to use that. 3) The quality I was striving for was humor. (Did I succeed? The reader can perhaps judge better than I can.)

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Date: 9/23/2017 5:30:00 PM
This is a great idea for a contest. I did catch the humor. Like some guy telling a babe he was a photographer just to make out with her.....lol
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Date: 9/17/2017 10:28:00 PM
Nicely done, Cecelia, will try to follow I hope I did it correctly. Hugs Eve ~`*
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