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Old 09-21-2008, 12:01 AM   #27
Calgaryborn
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Originally Posted by missdpuck View Post
Well put. We allow many things in the name of freedom and pleasure that are utlimately self defeating both for the individual and society. Then the question is asked "who makes the rules?" To me they ultimately make themselves, that is , in the sense of society continuing on without destroying itself. I love poetry as poets say it so much better...http://www.angelfire.com/tn/plath/103.html
It took me about ten minutes to make head or tale of your poem. I guess I'm not very accomplished at the gentry. It seems to express an inner conflict of someone about to surrender purity for pleasure. I kind of felt left hanging at the end. It never said if the loss was worth the gain.
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