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Larry
post Feb 8 17, 23:12
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dyno might

to find bass trying,
fishermen used the wrong bait;
try striking a match


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post Feb 9 17, 16:34
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a toast to ignite

to strike a match
punch a twin in the mouth;
be sure bowl is spiked


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post Feb 10 17, 11:29
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strike sparingly

if your ball is spiked
bowling will become easy
you’ll be a mace’n


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post Feb 10 17, 16:49
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fruit-age

you'll be a May zing
if you make juice in spring;
squeeze to Florida


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post Feb 12 17, 17:12
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rubber rite

squeegee the floor to
make sure all the mass is gone
from the baptism


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post Feb 18 17, 07:21
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donot bet; hedge

your baptism rite
in the river can't be wrong;
dunk, dip, pour coffee


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post Feb 19 17, 00:12
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eggs acting brew

drank poor dipped coffee
straining grounds through my teeth;
a campfire shell game


Egg shells dropped into campfire coffee make the grounds settle to the bottom


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post Feb 22 17, 14:32
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miss placed loyalty

campfire shell game:
young girls have shifty partners
warming under where?


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post Feb 24 17, 00:32
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bellow the belt

war ring under wears,
toothless boxer’s fight was brief;
he thang hith thawn thong


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post Feb 24 17, 04:00
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political pants

his thing is a thong;
makes him stand out in public
leaning to the right


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post Feb 25 17, 09:52
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greased palms

learning to doo right,
children sit on the toilet;
congress hands it out


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post Feb 26 17, 06:19
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pullin' the waggin'

congress' hands are out
for their favor-right projects;
pay-back is the hitch


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post Feb 28 17, 14:38
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check-in the male

the hitch was back pay
when he shipped over in Nam;
life and rounds were spent


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post Mar 1 17, 11:19
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goaled ring

spent his time in rounds
pugilating his partner;
shadowed in circles


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post Mar 2 17, 22:10
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beard did drag on

shadowy circle
surrounds unshaven man’s face;
passion was a myth


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post Mar 3 17, 17:56
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where history lies

passing on the myth
he would be lean on the truth;
he'd re-lie on it


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post Mar 5 17, 15:24
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a biding inn sect

he’d re-lie on nits
because of lousey motels;
being poor bugged him


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post Mar 7 17, 12:56
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gift not for giving

built a bed-buggy
from old mattress and wagon;
past to new owner


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post Mar 8 17, 09:14
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champ change

new owner to pass
spending millions on his team;
got a quarter back


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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 Mar 10 17, 11:40
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for bettor or worse

got a quarter back
when you bet on the flip side?
hope he's no tight end


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