Thanks Stu. Poetry gives a certain freedom to condemn life in the raw, but one has to earn a living. Music is not always about groupies and adulation, although that obviously would help!!
A good larruping is I guess a slang word, but one of the threatened species which I think should be drawn out on its creaking plinth as a reminder that the world is more than only what our "protectors" want us to hear.
Mr Grumpy.

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yes, agreed. this is a corker. and you have used the word larruped in a comment. brilliant. i can smell and taste this its so descriptive. its clearly from memory and not a fictional piece. larruped though! ha! i never thought id see anyone using larrup, let alone larruped as a past participle!

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Well thanks so much Greg. I know you like the gritty stuff with plenty of detail larruped on ! No romanticism but then again why would there be ! Bless you. I feel like I've hit the bullseye with your encouragement.

ps It really was that grim!

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A magnificent poem, Ray. You should be mighty proud of it.

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