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Larry
post Aug 23 14, 15:00
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hang lefts
and you're driving
around in big circles
pretending to be a race car
driver


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post Aug 23 14, 15:11
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drivers
from the back seat
have a hard time braking...
the habit that seems to go on
and on


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post Aug 23 14, 15:22
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andirons
by the fireplace
are for tending the fire;
those not careful may be tending
ashes.


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post Aug 25 14, 10:45
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ashes
in your britches
are a significant
mistake hearing your mother
to dress!


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post Aug 25 14, 14:55
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toads rest
in damp places
but don't like to get wet
that's why they prefer sitting on
toadstools


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post Aug 25 14, 16:04
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toasters
used on the web
are what creates pop-ups;
they work much better with bagels
or bread


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post Aug 26 14, 14:55
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red orb
on the clown's nose
with bright crimson lip paint
seemed to match his eyes which were both
bloodshot


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post Aug 26 14, 16:47
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blood shot
forth from his nose
in great torrents of mess
only to be mopped up with ease
hanky

Alan


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post Aug 26 14, 20:46
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Yankee
great first baseman
left us with a disease
now associated with his
full name


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post Aug 27 14, 01:27
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full name
serial number
rank, I would have to say
decay is inevitable
jungle

Alan


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post Aug 27 14, 07:05
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jumble
twenty-two choice
syllables to create
a distinct and unexpected
cinquain


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post Aug 27 14, 08:05
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sync wine
with the entrée
for the perfect dinner
but never overdo or you’ll
sink whine


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post Aug 27 14, 09:17
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sink wine
into the stream
while you fry the catfish;
top off meal with freeze dried carrots
and squash


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post Aug 27 14, 23:09
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ands quash
conversations
because they keep talking
adding conjunctions until you
but in


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post Aug 28 14, 00:03
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butt in
the theater seat
unable to rise up
during the National Anthem;
fat chance


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post Aug 28 14, 04:18
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fart chance
cushion creeper
or magnificent blow
are worthy of being bottled
priceless

Alan


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post Aug 28 14, 11:37
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priceless
commodity
had the price tag ripped off
preventing consumer to be
likewise


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post Aug 28 14, 23:15
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link wise
to silent types
'till they open their mouths
and then they have usually
dumb found


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post Aug 29 14, 09:27
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found numb
in my fingers
when my arm went to sleep
trying to get the thing around
her back


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post Aug 29 14, 13:45
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herb acts
like it's growing
into a larger plant
but I pinch it to stop going
to seed


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