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Larry
post Mar 12 17, 00:27
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not buffaloed

Hopi’s nose tightens
when the white men talk of peace;
he can smell a rat


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post Mar 12 17, 23:01
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tail of two critters

he could smell a rat
and major cat-ass-trophy;
feline avoids trap


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post Mar 13 17, 11:27
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food for thought

avoid free lion trips
when you’re on a safari;
pride comes with a fall


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post Mar 14 17, 09:12
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tacks pried

pride comes before fall;
humility amid summers
rare at H&R


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post Mar 14 17, 22:54
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wood files

rare at H&R;
good tax preparers who aren’t
chips off the old block


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post Mar 15 17, 11:41
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dip in the past

chips off the old block:
a bag of Herrs and notchyo's
from his stomping ground


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post Mar 16 17, 10:36
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oh lay him out

from stomping his ground
the enraged bull wiped his hoofs;
matador is caped


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post Mar 16 17, 11:58
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along weigh down

matted door's escarped,
'Welcome'd for the hell of it;
it's uphill from there


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post Mar 17 17, 07:55
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picker up

it’s a pill from there
that wakes you in the morning;
helps the farmer see


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post Mar 21 17, 11:41
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makin' hay

farmer recedes
his grass field during harvest;
plows pro seeds under


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post Mar 23 17, 09:00
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tasty hammer

under plow’s proceeds
we can feed a hungry world;
swords are beat by food


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post Mar 23 17, 10:39
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eating away beef

plow-sharing beats swords
to settle disputed land;
boarders flexible


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post Mar 24 17, 21:14
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rubber wrong

flexible borders
are like elastic pockets;
economy’s stretched


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post Mar 25 17, 07:21
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what the dickens!

commonly stretched
on the tails of two sitters:
best and worsted genes


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post Mar 25 17, 09:24
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jean home

waisted jeans are best
Reaching Naval Altitude;
not Down Near Asses


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post Mar 25 17, 12:38
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flat you lent

not near doneness
the egg cracked a joke too soon;
came out of his shell


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post Mar 28 17, 13:04
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shell game

came out of his shell
in his race against the hare;
quick, sans carried place


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post Mar 28 17, 13:52
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naked ex-cape

quick sands: harried place;
rabbit tried so hard he lost...
his fur coming out


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post Mar 30 17, 08:16
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left alone

for his coming out
one new priest was told, wear blue;
you’ll get a garb bro


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post Mar 30 17, 10:34
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Larry, that one totally lost me. Could you please explain?! (You know how dull I can be on occasion!)


knows in the air

no gritty gar beau;
this old needlefish acted
snooty with a bite


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