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JustDaniel
post Nov 8 22, 11:20
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rental spring cleaning
tossed every single tenant
married ones stayed on


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post Nov 9 22, 20:28
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no one staged marriage
for creatures that mate for life;
no scents in nonsense


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post Nov 10 22, 14:19
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no-nonsense scent
squirted from the polecat
recipient skunked


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post Nov 13 22, 11:20
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skunk recipes are
for hungry predators with
no nose for trouble


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post Nov 13 22, 12:15
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know nose's trouble
holding in the snot
always on the run


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post Nov 14 22, 12:27
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always on the run
are both predators and prey;
hunger to survive


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post Nov 14 22, 12:40
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hunger still survives
from your empty calories
fill them with protein


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post Nov 16 22, 10:14
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protein will fill them
with energy and sound sleep;
both needed for chase


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post Nov 18 22, 12:18
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chasing needs both
energy and good sleep
eat and use C-Pap


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post Nov 19 22, 10:23
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see pup eat and use
the back yard for a bathroom;
find feces of ate


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post Nov 20 22, 12:49
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pup piled up feces
in corner of the backyard
childhood behind him


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post Nov 22 22, 00:11
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behind his child’s hood
the mongoose bite is fatal;
king cobra for lunch


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post Nov 22 22, 08:34
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cobra kinked its lunch
and it's now twisted a bunch
slowly emerging


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post Nov 26 22, 12:35
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emerging slowly,
overly cautious earth worms
evade early birds


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post Nov 26 22, 15:08
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wizened early birds
catch even the cautious worms
when they're slack, they snack


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post Nov 29 22, 11:08
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slack worms are quite dead.
Robins like the tug of war
wrig’ling in their craw.


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post Nov 29 22, 11:27
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wrigglin' while they crawl
live worms are what robins seek
... unless they're dead-pan


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post Nov 30 22, 20:54
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they’re panning for death
buzzards circle in the sky
shopping for ground rounds


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post Dec 6 22, 17:50
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ground round shopping mall
covered with lazy seagulls...
hungry rats with wings


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post Dec 9 22, 00:38
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rats hunger for wings
but they all live in sewers
where only flies fly


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