[quote=“Deuce Dropper”]
two in cooter, one in the pooter[/quote]
Isn’t that known in more sophisticated circles as the “shocker”?
I voted for Funk500 today.
Thanks I’m glad somebody enjoyed my paean to lighting farts.
It was a haiku too.
Can you actually do that?
I would love to know who voted for me. Those two people are on the cutting edge. My poem was the humanist expression of a repressed urban fuck-up. The rest was just garbled Tom Waits reinterpretation. Bunch of streamofconciousnessnonsense. As MODERATOR of the GREAT POETRY SHOWDOWN, I’m going to take a swig of the !@# WHISKY and smoke one of the CHEAP @#% CIGARS right now in defiance of the idiocy here! :grrr:
Poetry is stoopid, unless it’s by Blake or Donne. Novelz is da besht!
Yes, it is possible to enjoy my paean to lighting farts.
WTF? This was a poetry competition, not a ghetto rap hoedown.
Don’t call me a hoe.
This really is an amazing poem. Combining bits of Henry Miller and Bertolt Brecht, it is reacting against the formal complexity and the perceived pretensions of high modernism.
I read this poem from time to time from Deuce Dropper. I really think it should be submitted to a poetry anthology.
Miller’s unfiltered, visceral prose and Brecht’s disruptive, socially critical approach resonate here. I think Deuce’s poem should be greatly appreciated in slam poetry or avant-garde circles. 
Slam poetry often thrives on raw honesty but also values emotional depth or social critique, which this piece leans into more implicitly through its lens of urban life and casual encounters. Avant-garde spaces might embrace its shock value and linguistic dexterity, but some could argue it lacks the layered complexity of, say, Brecht’s alienation effect or Miller’s existential undertones. It’s more immediate, less introspective—but that’s part of its charm.If submitted to an anthology, it’d likely shine in one focused on urban poetry, outsider voices, or modern takes on bawdy humor (think Bukowski or Catullus with a scooter). Its success would hinge on the audience’s openness to its brazen style. I’d say it’s worth submitting, especially to edgy, performance-driven collections.
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Jesus, it really moved you, eh? 
Shame the user name was “Deuce Dropper” and not “drooper’“, and I think it would have been more poetic if it was the last, but preferably the only, thing this user account ever said.
Even Audrey Hepburn had flaws though, mais oui.
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