Date:         Fri, 25 Oct 1996 04:20:33 PST
From: Benjamin K Badgley <dead-dog1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Filler: Just a brief hello..intro

 I relly do not quite understand the posting sys, here yet. But I am quite sure
 I will learn swiftly enough. I always learn things fast :)
 Hello, all fellow list members my name is Benjamin K. Badgley.
I am no one perhaps, yet this I am putting forth great effort in
aspireing to be a poet. I have written "rough" poetry most of my life. I
am 24 heading swiftly to 25. I have no real formal education. Finances do
not allow for college, and with working to help out my mother and family it
 would be waste of time to persue.(get financial aid, sign up...etc.)So
I attempt to make do with a solid high school diploma, not much I know, but at
 least I got it. At any rate I just wanted to say hello
humbly, and tell you people you may call me "little man", "Ben", or even
"hey you..ummm". I will sub some of my work, if anyone would like to
see. I think it sucks though. Yet have gotten positive responses to it
on the "PatchWorks" mailing list, a fellow I met there strongly
suggested I have a very hard crack at publication. But I don't know,
time as well as finance strikes the resounding blows again. Writing is
tough to enter into, after all whom wishes to speak to a 25 year old
"unknown kid".
        Well, that's my brief intro I guess. Now off to the rack, as I work the
night
 shift and must sleep in the day.Write on.

                        Benjamin Badgley