I was reading another piece from Stella in which she describes (eloquently) her unrequited love for a poet. I thought it appropriate (though maybe it wasn’t) to deliver her a response by way of a warning.
This is what it looked like.
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Beware the man with velvet tongue
Resist the love song that he’s sung
Ignore his deftly crafted lies
Repel his lips. Avoid his eyes
Look instead into his soul
Into the void. The deep black hole
He waits. He preys upon the meek
He hungers. Feeds upon the weak
Beware the poet, weary friend
Defy the trickster with the pen
Don’t touch his words, don’t read his mind
It is a mask he hides behind
Don’t let the juggler near your heart
Don’t give the sorcerer a start
Don’t let the fraudster near your bed
Find a novelist instead
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Richmond Road 
A damn fine ending to a great poem!
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I assure you, I’m a novelist and I’m totally bad news. 😉
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I aspire to be a novelist – which is considerably worse.
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This was entertaining from first line to last. On first line I thought “yea that’s true”
On last I thought “ahaha that could be a bigger disaster”
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Perfect, just perfect.
I’m a poet and I’d not trust me for a minute…
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“don’t let the fraudster near your bed” – the cry of many a generation!
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Your response as usual absolutely wonderful! I always enjoy where your mind takes it!:) Thank you and you encourage me so!:)
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give me a poet anyday
his seductive words do prey
but a novelist is a sin
writing while slurping cheap gin!
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Expensive red wine, actually
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can’t account for taste … forgot you were loaded [in more ways than one!]
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Well … I was suggesting that the good novelists should imbibe on the more sophisticated beverages. Leave the hard stuff and the cigar smoke to the intolerably deep thinking poets.
As neither a poet or a novelist myself I am, in all regards, as cheap as chips.
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lol bang on pops …
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That was beyond awesome.
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I think you might be overstating things just a tiny bit. But is there any chance of asking for your hand in marriage in the next life?
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Get in line.
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ahahahahaaaa well I should then try my hand at Novels
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From what I understand it will be sufficient, in your case, to rely entirely on your hypnotic charm and dazzling good looks.
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AAAH You are too kind, too kind. Hehe
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Don’t mind me,
Just a poet here:
I must confess,
You’re pretty near.
But you forgot the part…
No wait, I’m wrong:
I must confess,
That you’re spot on.
😂😂😈
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