nursery rhyme

[shemthepenman]

I changed the title although I think it is fairly obvious who is doing the "fumbling". In the US, fumble means to do something clumsily. But thanks for the heads up.

Dale

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shem,

All you noted was indeed incorrect. sometimes I have difficulty telling the difference between periods and commas. The "an" was originally there because it said "an eight grade education", and I forgot to change it when I changed it to grade school education. No, you are correct it is not meant to spew anger, it is more of a slightly anger/humorous take on these people who do two years of Jr. College and act as though they have just finished a doctorate (of course most doctorate grads don't known near as much as they think the do either.) The anger comes from me being on the receiving end of their undeserved overconfidence. Not all are that way, in fact most are not, but there are always a few out there to ruin your day

The moral (my poems are not generally moralistic), if there is one is treat people well, instead of trying to impress them, and you will both have a much more pleasant experience.

Maybe I will change the title back, see if I get any more input on it. The original was "nursery rhyme "

Dale

last things first, I do like the original title (i read the first comment and I am british and didn't think anything of the use of the word 'fumble'; i mean, some poems have words in them that will make that difference, but if it hadn't been highlighted i wouldn't have made this association. The poem seems clear enough not to be about that).

the punctuation edits make for a much easier read. I really enjoyed it.
further, the two lines I said i didnt quite get, 'the metaphysical cancer...' is actually now one of my favorite phrases (although, it still makes my brain hurt if i try to actually unpack that philosophically - which again, is a bonus).

thanks for the read again.