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Hemmingway was around

back when writers

were still allowed to drink heavy

take a lot of drugs

and get married 7 or 8 times

I think the end was imminent

when Gertrude Stein joined

That was the beginning

of the end for us writers

As soon as we let women in

They changed the curtains

repainted to room

and made us take down

the painting of

the dogs playing poker

now we’re not allowed

to smoke and drink

and have casual sex

they took all the joy

out of the writer’s club

now we’re a bunch

of rabid feminists

and emasculated pretenders

This is change?

This is Progress?

Give me a fugging break

and let me go back                  

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