Honestly I've been reading this from the time you
posted it but found it hard to comment. I really liked the visuals I got from this though especially this:

We quarreled, brawled, met on the field of
literary warfare and greyhound-beat the
gutless words out of each other's tongues.

Excellent write and Congrats on the write!

Judging comments for Weekly Contest: July 8, 2013

This poem is one of the type that leaves me wondering how the author's mind work. I have no idea, but this peculiar write caught my attention. I had to read it several times to catch a glimpse of the scene that Timothy's words paints for us. It's interesting to visualize the quarrel between the teacher and the student. There was a part that I found somehow "humorous" like "we quarreled, brawled, met on the field of literary warfare and greyhound-beat the gutless words out of each other's tongues," I have one word for that sentence - intense. The tone of the poem enhanced the image and this piece took me straight to that scene. Then for a moment, I felt shock "Balderdash," really? How could the student say that? I didn't see this write or rather the discussion between the teacher and the student as a nonsensical talk or perhaps after analyzing it for a bit, it might have been, I mean everyone shares different opinions about topics so its pointless to discuss their point of view with someone who apparently won't change his/her mind, or at least someone who doesn't seem to want to consider any one else's opinions. However, even after I was shocked I liked that the student realized it was nonsensical to continue the discussion and that it was time to reach a conclusion. I also enjoyed the narration and that this poem has the opinion from the student and the teacher and how this argument came to life. That's was neat.

Really amazing poem 5/5 (: