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JustDaniel
post Mar 8 12, 17:48
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would yew
make a good bow?
you can bet your bow string!
she makes arrows of cedar... we
see'd 'er!


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post Mar 9 12, 01:52
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CAUTIONARY TALE

Ceed her
all marital
territory, be cautious
lest the tongue grow teeth and bite you,
bellow

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JustDaniel
post Mar 9 12, 10:13
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bellow
if I'm bitten?
below my dignity!
at bottom, I should simply bite
her back


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post Mar 9 12, 15:50
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Herbs act
to season bites
but may be no good in
flavoring tasteless pounds of flesh,
Shylock.


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post Mar 9 12, 15:58
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Shy lock
blunts the thrusting
of over-eager key
shopping dropped, super-strained dams burst
floods flow

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post Mar 10 12, 01:36
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food's glow
sheds some light on
the radiation tech's
means of reheating leftovers
for lunch


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post Mar 10 12, 17:39
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GRUEL FATES

For lunch
we've left overs
for dinner, the same stuff
for breakfast, gruel is served too
for lunch ....

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post Mar 10 12, 21:53
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For launch,
one needs two keys
to turn concurrently.
What is left over then will not
matter.


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post Mar 11 12, 02:17
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matter
does not matter
unless you happen to
be lying on it when it is
fecal


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post Mar 11 12, 02:31
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UPS AND DOWNS

Foetal
attraction
the bond between mother
and her children which makes the world
go round ....

Alan


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post Mar 11 12, 06:44
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don't lose your marbles

go-rounds
with your teammates
have prepared for the time
when all the marbles are at stake
today


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post Mar 11 12, 08:24
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Today,
I'd have the steak
but it's Lenten season.
I'll eat one after Easter; well
marbled.


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post Mar 11 12, 08:31
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Marbles
I've still got mine
although similar spheres
are turning into adornments
only

Alan


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post Mar 11 12, 13:22
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one Lee
Meriwether
was nominated twice
for a Golden Globe but kept on
Jonesing


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post Mar 11 12, 17:11
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Joan sings
to a small point
a foot or so in front
of eyes nose mouth, she has no space
no grace

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post Mar 12 12, 00:24
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No grass
must go uncut.
In a manicured lawn
everything is even or goes
to pot.


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post Mar 12 12, 01:39
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WELL, MEAT BY MOONLIGHT ?

To pot
or not to pot
aye, that is the question
whether tis nobler to pot roast
or boil ?

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post Mar 12 12, 08:24
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parboil
your fresh chicken
to set up barbecue;
keeps that salmonella worry
off mind


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post Mar 12 12, 09:36
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If mined
of its giblets
before it is parboiled,
chicken hearts and gizzards make good
fish bait.


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post Mar 12 12, 10:32
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fish bait?
not at my house!
our yellow lab gets them...
along with all the bones, after
they're boiled


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