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JustDaniel
post Mar 31 15, 21:16
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habitat smatter:
mud wasps daub cubicles
one on another


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Larry
post Apr 7 15, 14:22
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another onion
growing in the small garden
blooming without help


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post Apr 7 15, 15:51
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bloomers without help:
floral print panties
pulled down by puppy


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Larry
post Apr 8 15, 23:37
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down pulled by puppy
covered the ground by the pond
naked ducks can't swim


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JustDaniel
post Apr 10 15, 10:01
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make the ducks to swim;
a pebble thrown in the pond
makes more than ripples


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Larry
post Apr 10 15, 15:09
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make more than replies
songbirds sing in the forest
Mockingbirds repeat


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JustDaniel
post Apr 10 15, 16:04
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shocking birds replete:
hurricane winds forced them to
meet electric lines


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Larry
post Apr 11 15, 22:56
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lions elect meat
preying on the weak and sick
even food-chains break


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JustDaniel
post Apr 13 15, 07:34
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even vulture beaks
find some bones hard to break;
long live the femur


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Larry
post Apr 13 15, 14:12
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the long limbed lemur
sails gracefully through the trees
thumbs make walking hard


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post Apr 15 15, 17:54
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green thumbs from working
in the moist and greening fields;
the tinge of money


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post Apr 17 15, 15:01
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the twinge of monkeys
living in summer’s treetops
a long way to fall


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post Apr 21 15, 00:32
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a long weigh to fall;
their summer appetite
may spring a loss


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post Apr 21 15, 12:53
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a spring may gloss
still waters with hyacinth
stagnation comes soon


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post Apr 22 15, 11:42
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stagnation comes soon
when the stream stops flowing;
leave it to beaver


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post Apr 22 15, 23:25
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the beaver ate leaves
and twigs for he knew the strength
wood knots give a dam


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post Apr 24 15, 02:19
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forests give a dam
for enterprising beavers;
stream of consciousness


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post Apr 24 15, 15:21
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conscious of the stream
as ice releases its grip,
deer quench winter's thirst


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post Apr 27 15, 00:53
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quench winter's dear thirst
coke's universality
still they fill the ice

Alan


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post Apr 27 15, 14:55
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they still feel the eyes
of predators watching them
slightly out of reach


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