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JustDaniel
post Jun 29 17, 13:44
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truck the crops that fit
into the back with a sign;
Buy fresh veggies here!


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Larry
post Jun 30 17, 21:09
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fresh veggies by here
are consumed by the rabbits;
they fatten up nice


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post Jul 1 17, 05:14
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they fatten up mice;
cockroaches multiply
and become their food


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post Jul 2 17, 10:14
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become their food,
buzzards die in the desert;
eating may take pluck


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JustDaniel
post Jul 2 17, 15:46
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bird carcass takes pluck
to get down to business;
it meats with success


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post Jul 3 17, 14:12
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with success, its meat
is torn off the victims bones;
wolf packs eat messy


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post Jul 3 17, 15:42
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wolf pack ate Missy
for invading their hunt space;
she'd tried to tough it


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Larry
post Jul 4 17, 22:34
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she’d tried her tuffet
but it was messed up with curds;
that’s the whey things were



Sorry Daniel, couldn't help myself!


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post Jul 6 17, 14:10
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Larry remains here
to control what's inside him;
stays in-continent


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post Jul 8 17, 22:22
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stays in continents
surrounded by the ocean
cause evolution


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post Jul 9 17, 16:21
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cuss evolution
when he can't do his workouts;
the fittest survive


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post Jul 11 17, 12:08
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the fittest survive
attacks from the predators;
some just get lucky


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post Jul 12 17, 02:22
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cuss evolution?
continues on micro-scale;
never on macro


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post Jul 12 17, 22:22
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never on mac roe
or eggs from other species;
sturgeon is the best


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post Jul 13 17, 01:10
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surgeon did his best
to get to the hospital;
mud slide sutured road


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post Jul 13 17, 21:53
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mud road suits your slide
around the dangerous turn;
no skid marks turned up


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JustDaniel
post Jul 14 17, 14:34
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the skid marks turned up
inside his castoff undies;
evidence of more


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Larry
post Jul 16 17, 22:13
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ever dance the moors
and sink into the peat moss?
boggy mount and hop


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JustDaniel
post Jul 16 17, 23:55
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hops

boggy mountain hops
flavor and stabilize beer;
is bitter better?


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Larry
post Jul 17 17, 21:45
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his better bit her
and they went off together;
weak genes just brought pants


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