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JustDaniel
post Aug 23 17, 13:22
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DIDN'T STATE

day rates
imply somewhat
descriptively that a
not-so-nice gal might have begat
the date


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post Aug 24 17, 15:17
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tough enemy

the date,
over too soon,
usually is one
guys remember with the slaps from
her play


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post Aug 24 17, 16:15
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HEALS SPOTS

herpes
eats him all up
although he now tries to
liniment around to clear out
*scab spots

*scab added


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post Aug 25 17, 18:00
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solid deals

spotted
one syllable
less in the area
indicating a change you will
dismiss


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post Aug 27 17, 11:49
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My last entry has been corrected. Thank you for your admonition.

DIRTY SOCKS

dis miss
indentured to
Ricketts kin comic
threatens you with a dirty trick...
your moves!


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post Aug 28 17, 23:31
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yes it shows

your moves
elate me much
since our Cinquains are so
inventive and they all must show
totals


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post Aug 29 17, 03:48
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TOTAL SHITE

totals
order both
toilet dumps and wees I
and you deposit into it
loo-like


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post Aug 30 17, 09:15
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like Lou,
we skip to my
nearest facility
and after we are finished, we
just walk


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post Aug 30 17, 16:58
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just walk
when acquitted
right out of the court room
legally exonerated
from blame


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post Aug 31 17, 14:47
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faith ended?

from blame
are we washed clean
in the blood which was shed
through pain and death, showing the love
He held


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post Sep 1 17, 14:13
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HAPPY DEATH

He held
all His love
prepared for you in a
purposed design that will format
your death


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post Sep 4 17, 21:26
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youth hides

your death
over ennui
unfolds as you get old;
trying to make sense when your life
hastens


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post Sep 5 17, 19:17
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HASTY NIGHT

hasten
after you ski
smartly before boarding
the rented but very stylish
yew yacht


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post Sep 6 17, 21:28
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yield to tug

yacht went
into lanes so
everyone on the boat
leapt into the water with you
diving



Perhaps in the deep south "yacht" can be slurred into two syllables!


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post Sep 12 17, 10:03
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yawl got me again!

DRIFT GLOBS

diving
readiness will
involve a desire to
forget ever being a slob
to us


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post Sep 13 17, 14:32
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to us
a Child is born
and a Son is given
which is more than most of us can
Handel


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post Sep 15 17, 14:31
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handle
your frying pan
with a mitt if it's hot
and keep if out of an angry
wife's hands


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post Sep 17 17, 12:12
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which shape

wife’s hands
help with a touch,
instill an idea;
caresses or a slap sum up
her care


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post Sep 18 17, 11:01
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HELPS ELECT

her care
elects local
loyalists when they are
people who generate public
spirit


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post Sep 19 17, 10:24
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sight turns

spirit
is inside you
gives you the courage for
hardships without ever a sign
that shows


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