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JustDaniel
post Jul 16 17, 23:07
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good gnus
share the bad news
when the leopard's charging
or the hyena's laughing gets
too close


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post Jul 17 17, 21:47
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too close
for comfort is
what they call a near miss;
close to comfort is having a
miss near


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post Jul 18 17, 10:58
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missus
is much better
and surely more legal
while particularly fine with
the boss


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post Jul 19 17, 08:03
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the boss
knows how to sing
but doesn’t have a band
except for the ones on her third
finger


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post Jul 19 17, 14:02
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finger
shown by driver
from the no passing zone
seemed to me somewhat unfriendly;
I waved


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post Jul 21 17, 13:59
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I waved
my straight blonde hair
until it got so long
I was able to cut it for
my wig


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post Jul 21 17, 15:04
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your wig
doesn't fit me
because I'm no longer
blonde with my bristly grey
nubbins


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post Jul 24 17, 17:58
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nubbins
was a reindeer
who was too young to fly
and his name implied he was not
horny


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post Jul 25 17, 13:05
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horny
little Rudolph
found Santa's alcohol
ingesting so much that his nose
turned red


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post Jul 26 17, 17:54
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turn dread
to bravery
when you can realize
there is nothing in the darkness
but fear


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post Jul 29 17, 06:39
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butt-fear
in the rest room
makes user spread tissue
all over toilet seat's surface
to poo


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post Jul 31 17, 08:15
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to poo
out in public
was always difficult
with his hands covered in honey
for Pooh


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post Jul 31 17, 13:27
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for Pooh
to use Charmin
he had to wash his hands
because the tissue kept sticking
to them


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post Aug 2 17, 23:47
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two to my ego

to them
we are crazy
or a little insane
to keep this badinage going
on so


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post Aug 3 17, 13:03
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corrected:

on so
few syllables
you managed to add to
my lexicon, 'cause I am bad
in age!


original:

on so
few words here
you managed to add to
my lexicon; I guess I am bad
in age!


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post Aug 4 17, 08:50
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an age
in which we change
the rules of a Cinquain
by using two, three, six, nine, two
is strange


The play on words was nice though.


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post Aug 4 17, 10:16
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not strange
to make mistakes
at that time of morning
when I could hardly keep my eyes
open


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post Aug 4 17, 16:14
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open
the strangest doors
with sleep deprivation
and some weird things appear on your
eye lids


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post Aug 4 17, 22:47
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eye lids
that were penned on
when you were fast asleep
would definitely freak you out
awake


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post Aug 7 17, 07:41
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a wake
is sometimes held
for sailors lost at sea
unless they happen to fall in
awake


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