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JustDaniel
post Mar 8 23, 06:59
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whistles at clean-out
thanking the attending nurse
pulling up his pants


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Larry
post Mar 14 23, 11:49
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pulling up his pants
after the liposuction;
jeans and skin too loose


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post Mar 15 23, 06:07
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Toulouse-Lautrec print
too explicit for this site...
out of sight or mind


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Larry
post Mar 16 23, 09:18
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mind is out of sight
so you can’t color your thoughts
all that gray matters


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post Mar 17 23, 09:50
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all that grey matter
spilled from the scull would scatter;
now a mad hatter


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post Mar 19 23, 11:09
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mad hatters are rare;
you won’t see Alice in there,
she has hare to spare


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post Mar 19 23, 21:59
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those with hares to spare
will increase procreation;
bunny poop galore!


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post Mar 24 23, 11:11
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bunny poops before
hiding sweet candy and eggs;
inch feet in your yard


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post Apr 10 23, 18:15
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feet inching to yards
when running back churns his legs
first down's not his last


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Larry
post Apr 12 23, 12:19
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first, down was the last
thing he gave to stuff pillows
then duck was dinner


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post Apr 14 23, 02:40
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duck out of dinner
when geese took over the pond
hunter finds him down


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post Apr 18 23, 10:35
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hunter looks for down;
thick fog covers the duck pond
he’s blind in his blind


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post Apr 18 23, 16:27
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I'm not quite blind yet
but blurriness overwhelms...
double vision too!



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post Apr 21 23, 00:32
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to double vision
one must try crossing their eyes
or drink some moonshine


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post Apr 22 23, 16:52
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drinking in moonshine
on a clear summer evening;
lit on a rocker


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post Apr 27 23, 10:19
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it lit on a rock
bullfrogs sitting on the bank
dragonfly dinner


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post Apr 28 23, 07:09
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dragged in fly dinner
with his uncoiling, long tongue
caught in throat, frog croaked


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post May 1 23, 11:30
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frog croaked in his throat
trying to find a new mate;
close but no see Gar


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post May 2 23, 23:28
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too close to cigar
lace curtains burst into flames;
hot window display


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post May 7 23, 09:53
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hot window display
brought customers in the store;
you must have cold cash.


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