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JustDaniel
post Feb 7 13, 11:49
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"trust Smee"
say Hook's captives;
"fat chance that he'll hurt us
and he'll do his darnedest to fix
our socks"










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Larry
post Feb 8 13, 00:46
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our shocks
are lessened
by the current mores
unhinging our mind, when it should
a pawl


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post Feb 8 13, 10:19
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my paw
is bigger than
your drunken granpawpaw;
he'll drink him under your picnic
table


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Larry
post Feb 8 13, 17:32
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the bull,
rattling horns,
dies in the arena;
he’s not the star so he gets paid
cast rate


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post Feb 9 13, 04:18
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cure rate
using chemo
is hardly sufficient
for me to decide that I should
use it


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post Feb 10 13, 00:39
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you sit
and wonder how
they can heal the body
using chemical isotope
poisons


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post Feb 10 13, 21:32
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poi sounds
kind of icky
after it's been pounded
and to me doesn't taste any
better


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post Feb 11 13, 10:34
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batter
should be folded
or the cakes and the breads
are bases, bats and balls used by
batters


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post Feb 11 13, 10:51
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batters
may be swingers
but those with larger gloves
and bigger feet will play the field
tonight


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post Feb 11 13, 11:59
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to knight
one must submit
to someone with a sword,
a steady hand and no cutting
remarks


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post Feb 11 13, 14:38
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re marks
on a sword blade
with dripping red substance:
king's hand was not sufficiently
steady


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post Feb 12 13, 01:15
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staid, he
matched the dullness
of his official sword
or it would have been the knights day
to die


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post Feb 12 13, 06:10
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to dye
or not to dye
oft-repeated question
with infamous scourge of the sea:
Greybeard


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post Feb 12 13, 10:43
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grey bread:
a wry mixture
of flours, beer and salt
takes a very long time to make;
try some


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post Feb 12 13, 15:48
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threesome
fine on golf course
but not so much in bed -
unless of course you've been blessed with
triplets


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post Feb 13 13, 15:32
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triplets
are small branches
that will get in the way
when limbs mesh in a his and hers
tumble


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post Feb 13 13, 15:41
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fumble
not the football:
the first gridiron faux pas;
second: don't ever think outside
the lines


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post Feb 13 13, 16:07
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felines
don't play football
but they'll paw-ticipate
if the first prize ain't a cat ass
trophy


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post Feb 13 13, 16:19
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strophe
number twenty
makes your poem too long -
at least for the kind of dawdle
we've writ


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post Feb 14 13, 10:01
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weave, knit
do whatever
simply create something
before they write another lame
faux-ku!


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