Re: PPB: Poem for Kathy / Will Dockery

> George J. Dance wrote:
> Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for Valentine's Day:
> Poem for Kathy, by Will Dockery
> 
> [...]
> I can't think of
> anything else I should write.
> If I try
> my emotions explode.
> 
> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/02/poem-for-kathy-will-dockery.html



From the archives, a discussion of Usenet poetry newsgroup "folklore.," based on the life of Will Dickery:

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George Dance wrote:
[quote]Edward Rochester Esq. wrote:
George Dance wrote:
Edward Rochester Esq. wrote:

ER: How odd, the parents and the cops knew where she was but wouldn't tell the husband.

There is more to the tale of the disappearing wife, then has been told.

GJD: Well, you've only been working on the story six years, ace reporter "Edward Rochester" -- I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of it in another six or so. At least you have a title -- so let's start with that. On what do you base your claim that his wife "ran away"?

ER: Good morning George. As well you know, your boy Dockery is well known for 'correcting the record'.

GJD: He still calls it that, but he long ago gave up trying to correct every reiteration. Nowadays he just snips the incorrect parts.

ER: To date, your boy Dockery has not corrected the record of my claim that she ran away.

GJD:As you probably don't remember, he gave up chatting about his personal life on aapc as a New Year's resolution (in 2018, IIRC). In addition, he's given up reading these troll threads of yours.

ER: All the info you need is in the autobiography, written by your boy himself. Go read it.

GJD: I read it; it's published on my wiki. It tells a different story. That's why I asked to see your sources for the "ran away" claim; his wiki bio isn't one of them.

ER: If this is your attempt at 'tit for tate', or 'tate for tit', I have seen a photo of your wife and daughter and can say with certainty, they have never run anywhere except to the refrigerator.

GJD: No, that was an attempt to show that "Edward Rochester's" stories are full of sh*t. But, speaking of Tit for Tat, thanks for the reminder that you and your "colleagues" have published pictures online of not just me but my wife, my family, and my home. If you understand the rules of T4T (reciprocal justice), you'll realize what that gives me the right to do to you when I feel like it. Do you?

ER: To refresh: Dockery waited for his wife to return from work, expecting to both swallow a tab...she never showed up. Their child was left with her parents....some say she was kidnapped but that usually comes with a ransom demand. There was no demand (there was no money for such a demand).

GJD: Well, don't expect me to give you any details. The most I'll tell you is that she was detained and held against her will for some time, and when released she rejoined her husband.

ER: The rest, as I've said, was written by your boy, Dockery.
If your boy Dockery would like to correct the record, he wrote, have at it.

GJD: Not only has he given up trying to correct you, but I think he no longer reads your trollthreads.
To continue, the wife was located in a mental hospital, where the husband, Dockery, was not allowed to see her.

ER: So you do have some details? She was committed for observation, and released as sane.
The family of the wife and the cops knew where she was, but didn't tell the husband, Dockery.

GJD: His family wouldn't tell the husband that they'd committed his wife to a mental hospital? How odd. Yet they tried to bill his insurance company for it, which is how he found out.

ER: I say she ran away from Dockery, having no other choice.

GJD: If you're still saying that, after discovering that his wife had been involuntarily detained, then you're lying and spreading disinformation.

ER: Dockery told all this story himself and as i've said, has not corrected the record on my words 'ran away'.
Then let me correct it. Your "ran away" story is lies and disinformation.

ER: If I don't get back to your next 'tat' or 'tit', I shall return after work and go on with this nugget you needed to start your day, group-wise.

GJD: You can do what you want; it's your thread. But I'm done here. All I wanted was a thread to link to the next time(s) you repeat this story.

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From the Usenet poetry newsgroup archives, original text restored. 


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