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Jon Bois

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if i was a tortured poet i would stop being a poet on account of all the torture

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NutMeg 's avatar NutMeg @casuallychaotic.bsky.social
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You don't have to stop being a poet, just stop the torture and become a tortured (past tense) poet instead.

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The Merry Sadist's avatar The Merry Sadist @themerrysadist.bsky.social
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Some people like being tortured 🤷‍♀️

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Teake (they/them)'s avatar Teake (they/them) @teake.bsky.social
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I fear you'd just end up tortured with no poetry to show for it

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Jon Oetting's avatar Jon Oetting @bricksncolumns.bsky.social
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Great mascot though. The Washington Tortured Poets.

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Puffin's avatar Puffin @johnhpage.bsky.social
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Some poetry is torture

So you could retaliate?

(Suggestion from Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz)

hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Prostet...

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Cape Cod Postaah's avatar Cape Cod Postaah @capecodblue.bsky.social
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Why people find it necessary to torture poets, I’ll never understand.

#NoRhymeOrReason

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Mike Johansen's avatar Mike Johansen @mikejohansenmd.bsky.social
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But then what would you be?

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Laura's avatar Laura @mokapup.bsky.social
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Money is torture please no more money

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former dog's avatar former dog @warybear.bsky.social
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The universe is sending you a message, in the form of torture

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Funk As Puck's avatar Funk As Puck @funkaspuck.bsky.social
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youtube.com/clip/Ugkxm1l...

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bearwired's avatar bearwired @inatitledworld.bsky.social
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TELL me about it

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Tracy S. Morris's avatar Tracy S. Morris @tmorriscode.bsky.social
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Visiting the Tortured Poet’s Department today. I need to fill out my application to join the Dead Poet’s Society.

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Ƭყթօ's avatar Ƭყթօ @typocelchu.bsky.social
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The beatings will continue until the poetry improves.

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Brian Song's avatar Brian Song @briansong.bsky.social
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What if you’re just a waterboarded poet?

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Jessica's avatar Jessica @pretendofriendo.bsky.social
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Naw man, you do poetry BECAUSE of the torture. It helps with all the trauma and such.

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Your🐀text🐀here's avatar Your🐀text🐀here @worldoffoo.bsky.social
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Is the torture in the room with us right now?

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mike g's avatar mike g @pixelsand8.bsky.social
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I imagine it'd be a swift decision

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Robert Corvid 's avatar Robert Corvid @robertcorvid.bsky.social
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My rhymes sting like an electrode to the nipple.

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slosifl's avatar slosifl @slosifl.bsky.social
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if i was tortured as a poet; makes me think i’d do something else

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andyroz Go Green's avatar andyroz Go Green @andyroz.bsky.social
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I was always impressed that Cacofonix never gave up.

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Travis Nichols's avatar Travis Nichols @travisnichols.bsky.social
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When I agree but can’t agree

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the mjl (michael j leblanc)'s avatar the mjl (michael j leblanc) @themjl.bsky.social
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"Shadow of the Poet Torturer"

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Σειληνός (Seilēnós)'s avatar Σειληνός (Seilēnós) @seilenos.bsky.social
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youtu.be/YZtZAHPmbDc?...

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Joe Lapp, Bug Poet's avatar Joe Lapp, Bug Poet @josephtlapp.bsky.social
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Some of us don't have a choice.

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Greg McKiernan's avatar Greg McKiernan @thisisgregmck.bsky.social
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Finally, someone said it

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Jeff's avatar Jeff @jeffsutton.bsky.social
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One must be tortured to know torture

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meetar's avatar meetar @meetar.bsky.social
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it’s like Norm Macdonald is right here in the room with me there

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Richard E. Rae's avatar Richard E. Rae @richardrae.bsky.social
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The Vogons’ poetry tortures their listeners, yet theirs is only the second worst in the universe…

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Shiv Rose's avatar Shiv Rose @shivrose.bsky.social
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im always saying this. into the mirror when i wake up. it is my mantra

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Nathan Cayanan's avatar Nathan Cayanan @nathancayanan.bsky.social
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This is ironically very poetic

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@zendao42's avatar @zendao42 @zendao42.bsky.social
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Not all art is suffering

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TheeCheese's avatar TheeCheese @theecheese.bsky.social
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And if I was T Swift I would take a number of classes on how to write poetry/music things like that.

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One Dog’s Opinion 🐾's avatar One Dog’s Opinion 🐾 @onedogsopinion.bsky.social
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one doesn’t choose the life of a tortured poet, it chooses you

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Mike OG's avatar Mike OG @mikeo-g.bsky.social
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But what if they were torturing you for more poetry??

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JLRoberson's avatar JLRoberson @jlroberson.bsky.social
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until 2003 they were the only ones it was legal to torture on US soil

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Real American Hombre's avatar Real American Hombre @realamericanhombre.bsky.social
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I mean... are the poems you *make* tortured? (Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum/EnglishMUN) Or is the poet so terrible they are dragged off to meet the Vogon captain? It's an important distinction.

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