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Larry
post Feb 1 17, 08:43
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plays golf to exhaust

play it
like you’re a pro
and even if you lose,
you will be able to relax.
Swinging from hole to hole out of the rough
gets you near a smooth area
on the fairway and you
let those divots
flay it


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post Feb 1 17, 10:09
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divots
in basketball
are not permissable
since they would destroy the surface
where every ball must bounce predictably;
so never wear spiked shoes on court
nor a walking shoe or work boot
but put on those sneakers
in which you can
pivot


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post Feb 1 17, 22:24
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women wave no pack, men

which can
one may go to
makes some folks want to stop
establishing an area
needed for relief and causes panic
with toilets; so how one should lock
a door on the bathroom
varies to hide
each man


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post Feb 2 17, 04:39
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to hide
out in plain sight
becomes quite difficult
when you've allowed yourself to go
to hell and you are simply out of shape;
you try to hide behind a rock
but you can't climb it, so
behind a tree...
too wide



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post Feb 2 17, 17:48
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a tree
grew in Brooklyn
but someone cut it down
because they needed some firewood
when all the coal miners had gone on strike
but they should have left it alone
and pruned what they needed
because a tree’s
a treat


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post Feb 3 17, 10:14
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a treat
placed on a limb
didn't seem to attract
but a couple of hungry ants
and several squirrels I had to shoo off
during the early morning hours
but in the afternoon
finally one
wee tweet


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post Feb 3 17, 16:03
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fine one
but you forgot
you need two syllables
in the Rictameters you post
so I’m glad the screw-ups you and I have
are not graded on any tests
and are very seldom read
because they might
find one


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post Feb 4 17, 04:59
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the mite
that I added
to the very last word
in the above rictameter
provides the small correction that you note;
thank you for just whispering it
where hardly anyone
will see, tho some
one might


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post Feb 5 17, 12:29
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war won’t be eyed by all

we’ll see
a better day,
regardless of outcome
when nations battle to the end
or until Earth is destroyed by “The Bomb”.
None will survive but too many
try hiding and their plea
beckons One’s call;
Ease will!


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post Feb 5 17, 16:39
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one's call
to Atom bombs
could put everyone
on their own offensive
so that each one might get the upper hand
before some unknown enemies;
who knows who will become
the last to hold
one scull?


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post Feb 6 17, 18:24
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one skull
that Macbeth held
belonged to poor Yorik
and although he knew him quite well,
he was unrecognizably boney
and a mere shadow of himself
due to his new diet;
which is the kind
one culls


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post Feb 7 17, 15:15
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canned one
basket of pears
to give to poor people
then baked twenty-five apple pies
to share with disadvantaged in her town.
She babysits every Wednesday
without making a charge;
it's why she's called
Kind One


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post Feb 8 17, 23:14
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she’s called
mother because
she made me who I am
and if it hadn’t been for her,
I don’t know where I would have ended up
so I won’t call her mom or ma
out of respect for her
until after
she’s cold


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post Feb 9 17, 16:12
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she'll scold
you for writing
something behind her back
unless it's something flattering
or is something kind and truthful about
how she molded your life to be
someone beneficial
well before she
is cold


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post Feb 10 17, 11:31
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eerie tale

before
my sure demise,
which I’ll meet without fear,
it would be very nice if I
could get my sonnets published for a fee
which would not destroy my budget
but the cost’s area
would take it all
before…


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post Feb 10 17, 16:28
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take it
to publisher
before your waning day
so they will all be in one book
and your children can bury it with you
where all of your friends will notice
just as your account's closed;
publisher will
take it


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post Feb 12 17, 17:15
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she will
get what she wants
through her pleas or her pouts
and there is no use arguing;
that’s an exercise in futility
and fulfillment is easier
so as to keep the peace
because of her
sheer will


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post Feb 12 17, 18:40
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of her
great persistence
there seems to be no end
as she seeks to balance the books
and get enough food for her family;
she searches high and low for deals
that will save her money
and turns down no
offer


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post Feb 13 17, 18:28
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turn down
the sandy beach
capturing some sea-birds
for your biology class work
which you will dissect to see how they work
and you’d like to catch them with nets
but you have a shotgun
if you need to
down terns


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post Feb 16 17, 01:09
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kneed two
unkindly monks
who wore no underwear
and they bled all over the yard
where they ran about yelling and screaming
asking why I'd done such a thing
cursing under their breath;
I just answered,
need to


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