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JustDaniel
post May 11 12, 10:02
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on top
of the mountain
the police found gumdrops
evidently left by horses
chewing


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Larry
post May 11 12, 13:48
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shoeing
a horse's feet
is a sticky business
for farriers who chew gumdrops
at work


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Alan
post May 11 12, 15:43
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a twerp
might graduate
becoming complete ass
surpassing all understanding
good lord

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Larry
post May 12 12, 08:44
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good lard:
oxymoron
contradicting the fact
that it's great for pie crusts but not
humans


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Alan
post May 12 12, 08:59
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humans
do not trust them
so say politicians
trust us instead. See, we are not
human

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post May 12 12, 09:20
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hew men
with your blunt acts
until all the semblance
of individuality
is gone



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post May 13 12, 03:35
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he's gone
left me alone
for weeping and gnashing
and total rending of garments;
who's next ?

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Larry
post May 13 12, 08:26
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whose neck
stretches the most
being the first to try
those who meet the challenge or those
spineless


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post May 13 12, 11:42
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spineless
absent backbone
is best for slithering
out of responsibility
coward

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Larry
post May 14 12, 13:21
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cow words:
mooed utterance
which is heard by the herd
outstanding in linquistic fields
chewing


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post May 14 12, 23:40
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chewing
on tobacco
and your last words
you meant this, you meant that
to hell, I will go my own way
at speed

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post May 15 12, 08:06
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it's spied
and discovered
duality's intent
obfuscating innuendos
pun-ish


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post May 15 12, 09:31
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punish
hapless wordsmith --
can't make a double play
after he trips on his shoe's tongue
at first


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post May 15 12, 13:27
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at farce
convolutions
guide the bewildered mind
through the complexities of ins
and outs



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JustDaniel
post May 15 12, 14:25
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in doubts
a confused man
goes wand'rin' through his day
wonderin' where he's been and where
he'll go


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post May 15 12, 23:58
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his heel
flat, down and out
in city of angels
he, where some scrape the sky,
scrapes dirt

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post May 16 12, 04:14
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dirt's crap
that's composted
for their natural plot
to grow vegetables for you
to eat


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post May 16 12, 07:13
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to eat
or not to eat
whether it is nobler
to gobble turkey sandwiches
or starve

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post May 16 12, 10:12
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to starve
just to lose weight
will never reach your goal
'cause your body will slow itself
to live


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post May 17 12, 03:12
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to live
hedonistic
for one's pleasure is all
and the devil take the heart-most
away

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