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Larry
post Sep 17 17, 12:11
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All your fields for the coming of fall
will lie fallow, grow nothing at all
except tall grass and weeds
upon which a cow feeds
then excretes with foul smells that appall.


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post Sep 18 17, 11:12
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If a pall-bearer excretes a smell
and you know who it is, never tell
if his name is so weird
all your tries would be jeered
when you ever attempt it to spell


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post Sep 19 17, 10:23
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When you’re ever attempting a spell
that you found in a strange bookstore sale
make sure frog’s hair and eyes
of a newt are supplies
you can get, and some bat wings as well.


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post Sep 20 17, 10:59
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If you've dropped bats and newts in the well
don't regret that you can't do a spell
'cause the letters are hard
to arrange like a bard
would to light fire 'neath our clientele.


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post Sep 21 17, 00:00
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Fires beneath clientele I would light
if I thought heating butts would ignite
interest or their muse
but I fear I’d abuse
ham on wry that I wouldn’t dare bite.


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post Sep 28 17, 11:41
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You'd eschew ham on wry on a dare?
Such an action I don't think is fair
'cause it's all that I speak
... along with some cheek.
Might we then lose our concessionaire?


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post Sep 29 17, 20:25
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We won’t lose our concession on air
which we bottle and sell as a spare
in China and L.A.
where the smog comes each day
and the oxygen levels are rare.


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post Sep 30 17, 09:38
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Since the oxygen level is rare
do you have any O you can spare?
My compressor is broken
and I ain't a-jokin'
that my nose won't bring in enough air.


By the way, it's working just fine!


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post Oct 3 17, 13:25
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If your nose won’t bring in enough air
you can use “breath-rite” strips, put a pair
to make sure nostrils stay
opened up all the way
but be careful; misuse makes them flair.


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post Oct 3 17, 15:23
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So your Missus has nostrils that flare?
I think some of the things that you dare
knowing she'll not approve.
My friend, it would behoove
you to take your Love out... say, the fair?


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post Oct 4 17, 21:36
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I am taking my love to the fair
with our crafts which she makes to sell there
and show her expertise
in some things which will please
many folks. Hope they all buy a spare.


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post Oct 7 17, 20:02
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If you're hoping the folks will buy spare
what's the point to go selling wares there?
Must expect that they can't
resist buying and pant
till they give all the money they dare.


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post Oct 8 17, 16:20
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All the money they dared gave the till
a small pittance but it didn’t fill
expectations we had
for attendance was bad;
all in all, the fair was no big deal.


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post Oct 12 17, 15:31
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If the fair's no big deal, the committee
to advertise it must be shitty.
To sell the darned thing
is half of the wing
that flies it, or it won't be pretty!


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post Oct 15 17, 06:53
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It won’t be very pretty when flies
lay their eggs and their young occupies
every crevasse and cleft
until nothing is left
but a mass that eventually dries.


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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post Oct 19 17, 12:46
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When your tears have dried up after mass
will you still be found there passing gas?
Please get up so you can
try to act like a man
hiding tears though you cry like a lass.


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post Oct 20 17, 21:08
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Though you cry like a lass, hiding tears,
your wet cheeks will reveal to your peers
that emotions are stressed
but you’re feeling quite blessed
for the free salt that falls in your beers.


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy



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post Oct 22 17, 08:21
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If free salt has been spread on your bier
it's unlikely to get in your ear
'cause it's under your casket;
you hardly could ask it
to reach up and give you a smear!


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post Oct 23 17, 21:17
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If you’re given a smear then reach up
for your liquid detergent, a cup
should remove clothing’s stains
but if it still remains
then you donate them to your new pup.


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers.
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post Oct 24 17, 09:39
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A donation that's left by your pup
may be something he'll have to lick up
if you're training him well,
but you never can tell
him to do it when wife's come to sup.


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