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Larry
post Jan 25 17, 20:46
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waits lift ‘er

a hardy ex cleans
and jerks his checking account;
bawl an sing zeroes


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post Jan 26 17, 18:53
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below see level

ballin' stinged heroes
who forgot to wear rubbers;
they weighed in too deep


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post Jan 27 17, 21:48
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private massage

they wait in two deep
lines at the airport check-in;
padding for patting


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post Jan 28 17, 12:08
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cool summery

padding for paddling
a large part of book-learning;
keeping the heat off


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post Jan 28 17, 21:24
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riff-raff riffs

keeping the heat off
because they’re playing hot licks
with stolen guitars


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post Jan 29 17, 04:03
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smoking gun

they stole to get tar
to pave their road to the grave;
bought hot cigarettes


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post Jan 29 17, 14:46
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habit you’ll…

boycott cigarettes
and thirty-two ounce sodas;
you’ll be grave-ly ill


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post Jan 31 17, 15:13
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an even hope

it's grave for the ill
unless you get bettor;
he'd raise up the odds


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post Feb 1 17, 08:38
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daylight savings clime

he’d add up the rays
while he’s arresting sunbeams;
kept them in prisms


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post Feb 1 17, 10:32
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prigs in the brigs

colored prismers
very discriminating;
brilliant old souljers


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post Feb 1 17, 22:21
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depressing food

brilliant old solders
see medics after their mess;
an upper G I


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post Feb 2 17, 05:06
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intestate vet

an upper GI:
soldier who wouldn't take bunk
from pipeline above


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post Feb 2 17, 17:47
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treaty you good

from pipeline above
oil seeps on burial grounds;
greater betrayal


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post Feb 3 17, 10:25
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yellowed greens

grater betrayal:
big cheese rubbed the wrong way
shredded his salad


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post Feb 3 17, 16:01
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undress zing

salad shredded his
gastrointestinal tract;
ran in the out-house


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post Feb 4 17, 06:03
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really; no shit!

run in the outhouse;
it will get your feet wet
for the big mud run


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post Feb 5 17, 12:28
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affording deere

for the Bud mud run
he thought kegs would attract her;
big flap over case


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post Feb 6 17, 07:09
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con tortion

flip-over case:
a defector's valise
that's reversible


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post Feb 6 17, 18:21
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no wing of notes

revere Sybil who’s
playing heavenly music;
she’s best at etude


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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 Feb 7 17, 15:38
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they're a-Pauling

she's best at Hey Jude;
her guitar's swarmed by beetles
trying to find bass


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