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I don't feel beat up, though I'm glad you clarified (clarification of intent is paramount on the internet).

I don't think all parodies are poes, however. I can Parody the style of Cannonball Adderly on the Sax, or the Movements of Kenneth Pattengale of the Milk Carton Kids without being a poe. I see it as a Square/Quadrilateral thing. All Poes are Parody, but not all Parodies are poes, just like all squares are quadrilaterals, but not all quadrilaterals are squares.

But again, that's just how I see it. I think, fundamentally, if you remove "Poe" from the lexicon you don't lose too much.