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ggg "Cop Out" ggg
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$$$ by -> Que $$$
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$$$ $$$
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$$$ [ HOE E-Zine #964 -- 12/16/99 -- http://www.hoe.nu ] .,$$$
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What is a text file? How is one constructed? First we need a
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setting for the story. Bars are commonly used settings so let's say two
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people are in a bar.
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Guy1: "Hi.... I am in a bar."
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Guy2: "As am I, my good man."
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Hrm... That seems profitable. We now need some sort of premise.
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What are they doing in said bar? Possibly watching a poetry reading.
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Wait.. I have never seen a poetry reading in a bar. Let's make this a
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coffee shop.. Ok... 2 guys in a coffee shop listening to a poetry
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reading.
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Guy1: "There is some real poetry going on here."
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Guy2: "I agree that poetry is being spoken here in this coffee
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shop."
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Now we need to introduce a conflict to the story. What if the
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poetry is not any good?
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Guy1: "This is some really bad poetry."
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Guy2: "I would have to concur with your evaluation, good sir."
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NOW we are cooking with creative juices. This seems to be a
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wonderful story.. Two guys.. Flowing through life like nothing affects
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them.. Taken back by such horrible poetry.. Maybe they should try it
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themselves.. A life lesson could be coming..
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Guy1: "I feel like trying to speak out in a poetic way."
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Guy2: "That is probably a good idea, considering you are a
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free-thinking individual with ideas that are important to
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daily society."
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Guy1: "Wow, where did that come from?"
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Guy2: "I read it somewhere."
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The first guy walks up to the stand to read some poetic spoken
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thought.
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Guy1: "<AHEM>....
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I was in a coffee shop......
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listening to people talk....
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I didn't like what I heard....
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So I decided against rhyming like a bird....
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Thank you."
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Guy2: "Man.... you suck."
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Now we have a difference in opinion.. perfect to keep some
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interest going.. Now we have to see if guy2 can prove that he can do
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better.
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Guy2 walks up to the stand to speak in a poetic way.
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Guy2: "Ripped from the mundane..
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holding my hand all the way down
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to the bottom of the mountain
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to the top of the valley
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and it opens up below me
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swallowing me whole
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my feet seem sworn to take me
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down into the darkness
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and the lights that leave their scars
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everything I knew was solid
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changed to liquid and dripped away from me
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the whole universe became the softest wettest clay
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and my mind instantaneously determined its shape...
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Thank you."
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The crowd snaps unanimously.
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Guy1: "Wow, man.... That sucked..."
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Now the punchline is given.. and the text file can be
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concluded..... All that is left is to end the file. A default ending for
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a file can always be "What lesson was learned?"
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So what have we learned today? We have learned that poetry isn't
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just about pleasing an audience... or even about letting your heart out
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with your feelings...... Wait... Poetry is about all of that.. Well, that
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didn't work out well did it.. Umm.. I guess I should just end this
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now..... bye.....
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[ (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! HOE #964, BY QUE - 12/16/99 ]
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