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JustDaniel
post Sep 4 15, 06:31
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Sid ate
all the turkey
set aside to take home;
none of our mashed potatoes left
either


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post Sep 4 15, 14:19
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ether
or other gas
will escape its confines
make sure that you’re not confined with
the smell


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post Sep 5 15, 00:57
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smell smells
with both nostrils
so you will not forget
that a cinquain's final line has
two beats


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post Sep 5 15, 14:02
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two beets
are like my cheeks,
red with embarrassment
because I trusted Microsoft
too much




I did correct it though!


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JustDaniel
post Sep 6 15, 03:03
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to Mush!
moves your Huskies
across the snowy trail
so you may reach that warming hearth
quickly


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post Sep 6 15, 10:22
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quick Lee
knew some kung-fu
and could defeat great apes
with his bare hands but was poisoned
by monks


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post Sep 6 15, 15:35
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boy monks
later became
excellent at baseball
great at playing the field
and each of them aimed to grow up
as priests


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post Sep 6 15, 21:26
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priestess
in the temple
wore diaphanous gowns
which always left the worshipers
agog


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JustDaniel
post Sep 7 15, 04:42
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a gob
of gooey stuff
was found upon the steps -
discovered from in-continent
trav'ler



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post Sep 7 15, 18:30
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trailer
trash has run off
with her hoodlum boyfriend
maybe we’ll be able to catch
‘er trial


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post Sep 8 15, 05:53
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trial:
two syllables
according to the judge
who referred it to the jury:
guilty!


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post Sep 8 15, 15:44
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guilty
as I am charged;
my colloquial brain
gives “trial” one syllable per
sentence


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post Sep 9 15, 02:56
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sentence
appropriate:
ten hours making titles
for coming acrostic poems;
I won't!


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post Sep 9 15, 21:27
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I want
to make it through
so when they come back I
may be helpful. don’t think I can?
you’re wrong!



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post Sep 10 15, 08:29
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your wang
ought never to
usurp things that you can
refer more happily to a
small wad


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post Sep 10 15, 18:48
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small wad
turned over so
its tastes good and makes you
crave more and with proper frying,
keeps fresh


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post Sep 11 15, 09:26
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kept fresh
in their aura
new princes lose their spot
growing older somehow their age
spites God


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post Sep 13 15, 15:19
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spikes got
impaled on bar,
tipping in area
of the favorite Olympic
news pick


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post Sep 14 15, 06:02
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new speck
out of nowhere
marring my brand new car;
flash forward about two more years:
who cares?


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post Sep 14 15, 21:49
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news peck
in the bird cage
by my new cockatiel
convinced me he’s an editor
in cheep



Sorry for using your start line.


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