Hey Dave,
Wha ... !!!
yrs, gobsmacked,
Jill
On Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 02:00 AM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> Hey, Patrick, I was not trying to be a spoilsport, your snaps I find
> good
> fun, that's ok by me. What I was, and am, bothered about is the why
> and why
> again of poetry, it might have something to do with a matter that I
> have
> been attacked, verbally and phyiscally, and I mean that latter, I was
> assaulted on Sunday night, for being:
>
> a poet.
>
> Not just a poet but apparently a good one: that's what seems to piss
> some of
> Da Heavies off, it seems my aestheic insults their comfortable sense of
> mutual mediocrity. When I say physical assault I mean it: I was pushed
> to
> the floor, hit in the face, my drink was thrown across the bar, and
> this was
> in a so-called arts centre, for the crime of being me.
>
> This was by employees who are funded by the Arts Council.
>
> The Vixen wants to hit them over the head with her zimmer, me, I just
> wanted
> to have a quiet word, but, no, they've made it formal. They are going
> to
> regret that.
>
> Down with Cretinism.
>
> Best
>
> Dave
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