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Computer tanked on me. Four hours last night trying to figure out how XP reformats without a floppy drive to access FDISK. Leave for work in an hour. Wish I could wire a pair of headphones playing Some Devil to my ears because it's the only thing keeping me sane at this point.

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Okay, a little happier now, thanks to this absolute GEM of a poem found by lcsbanana. Not cutting because this is fucking awesome.

'Vagina' Sonnet

Is 'vagina' suitable for use
in a sonnet? I don't suppose so.
A famous poet once told me, 'Vagina's ugly.'
Meaning, of course, the sound of it. In poems.
Meanwhile he inserts his penis frequently
into his verse, calling it, seriously, 'My
Penis'. It is short, I know, and dignified.
I mean of course the sound of it. In poems.
The whole thing is unfortunate, but petty,
like my hangup concerning English Dept memos
headed "Mr/Mrs/Miss" - only a fishbone
In the throat of the revolution -
a waste of brains - to be concerned about
this minor issue of my cunt's good name.

--Joan Larkin