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Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix
Also, for the record...I think I got it. No need for emoticons. You were mocking..in a friendly way...my interest in Jonathan Livingston Seagull...the book, not the character. Point taken. JSL doesn't rank highly among the great metaphorical or allegorical works. To me, it was just a whimsical story that I liked. You are being charitable by calling McKuen a button pusher. I would say he was the lyrical equivalent of a snake oil salesman, seeking and achieving commercial success via pseudo-intellectual musings.
Now, Humpty Dumpty, that is an enigma wrapped in a mystery inside of a dream....sorry, Winston Churchill.
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Thank you, Rap. (May I call you Rap?)
Please forgive me. I do not know what caused me to react in such a way to your McKuen comment. Turns out, we think the same way about him.
I guess I must have been thrown into a state of hyperawareness ......you know, thinking about "slithy toves" and such, on the lookout for "the jaws that bite, the claws that catch!"
Anyway, thanks for the clarification. I apologize for needing coddling.