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JustDaniel
post Mar 20 17, 12:15
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add age
to your antiques?
sure, it's questionable
but it will certainly increase
the price


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post Mar 20 17, 23:15
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the price
one always pays
has to do with value
that person places on their wants
or needs


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post Mar 21 17, 12:29
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oars need
a secure lock
and a seated oarsman
who has eyes in the back of his
shoulders


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post Mar 23 17, 08:56
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shoulders
help protect us
or we would be armless
and then left without something to
cry on


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post Mar 23 17, 12:28
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Kryon
has Lee Carroll
channeling from beyond
some veil about his indigo
children


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post Mar 24 17, 21:09
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children
are always heard
and they will play in herds
but sometimes they do make a scene
when seen


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post Mar 25 17, 13:33
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when seen
in the third scene
the saw sawed down the pole
that raised up the flag and was flagged
with teeth


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post Mar 28 17, 13:02
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with teeth
you can chew food
if you have some of both;
without either, you’ll just say dad
gum it


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post Mar 28 17, 17:01
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gamma
the third letter
in the Greek alphabet
(which is really alpha beta
I'm told.)


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post Mar 30 17, 08:12
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I’m told
that bell ringing
will take a lot of pull
if the right person helps you learn
the ropes


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post Mar 30 17, 10:52
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Europe's
feeling changes
now that Brits have confirmed
Brexit from the Common Market;
you row


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post Apr 1 17, 21:09
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you row
slowly up stream
while you watch for insects
being eaten by fish to match
your fly


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post Apr 2 17, 12:27
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your fly
is now open
from your trip to the loo;
since you're in mixed company, best
zip it


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post Apr 3 17, 23:49
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z-pit
was the last one
dug alphabetically
for the atomic power plant’s
a-pile


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post Apr 4 17, 09:19
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a-holes
don't bury stuff;
they just keep piling it
until they can't help spitting it
all out


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post Apr 5 17, 20:02
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all out
said the umpire
about the triple play
but the opposing coach questioned
eyesight


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post Apr 6 17, 04:01
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I sought
the true meaning
of being forced at home
by running into the catcher
head on


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post Apr 6 17, 23:31
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house needs

head on
over to the
usual water hole
so you can watch all the drunkard
eye sores


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post Apr 7 17, 15:19
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I snore
when I'm sleeping
after I have dinner;
none of the food that I ate, though
falls out


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post Apr 10 17, 18:24
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falls out
of cloudy skies
to dampen the chilled earth
brings life as the dormant grasses
spring up


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