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JustDaniel
post Aug 17 15, 23:21
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a guarded life

rippled bawdy hide
bakes in waves at the seashore;
he's tide to no one


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post Aug 18 15, 14:54
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no hands - some cab

no one hitched a ride
with the circus sideshow freak
he was just all thumbs


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post Aug 18 15, 17:57
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digital wind-up

he is all thumbs down
so no one can pick him up;
directions on hand


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post Aug 18 15, 23:12
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salient salute

one hand directions
instruct you in lots of things
one finger doesn’t


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JustDaniel
post Aug 19 15, 17:16
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where to ship it?

a finger that's licked
is oft leery of the ring;
finger-boxing groom


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post Aug 19 15, 22:06
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just desserts

fingers from boxes
could be sponge cake called Lady’s
or from thieving hands


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post Aug 20 15, 01:03
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short-armed

former thieving hands
unable to make cut-off;
they both came up short


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post Aug 20 15, 15:50
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rub a dub tub

their bath came up short
when the old pump stopped working
water we to do?


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post Aug 20 15, 22:49
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Ill-Concerned

watered and poo-pooed
before waiter checked on us;
said that I looked flushed


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post Aug 21 15, 12:20
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un-fin-ished

looking flushed and sad
the goldfish righted itself
short backstroke lesson


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post Aug 22 15, 05:09
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ovenly package

short backstroke loosens
mussels given a rubdown;
turnover rises


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post Aug 22 15, 22:35
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bypass paste… re:

rising turnovers
look good but aren’t healthy;
we, a gluten ate


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post Aug 23 15, 08:02
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flushed with nonscents

wee, a glutton ate
though he was full of poop;
he joined a movement


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post Aug 23 15, 12:03
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when some parade

his movement was joined
by some procrastinators,
they meet whenever


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post Aug 23 15, 15:42
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sheepish encounter

they met when never
a lamb had ever been herd;
ewe can't believe it


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post Aug 24 15, 21:22
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nutty conception

can’t relive its youth
oak trees from little acorns
I wooden try it


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post Aug 26 15, 13:37
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dry eye in the house

wooden-eye try it
if I could only sea it;
I need wrist aces


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post Aug 26 15, 18:19
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long sleeve suite

wrist aces are nice
but you might get an arm broke
or just lose your shirt


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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 Aug 27 15, 01:48
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dicey ending

Jesus lost his shirt
gamboling with disciples;
soldiers cast the die


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post Aug 27 15, 17:23
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no lotto luck

soldier had to die
but politician’s children
are not numbered there


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