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Alan
post Mar 17 13, 19:31
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Seasoned
with salt, pepper
each and every steak
is much improved by addition
of both

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Larry
post Mar 18 13, 07:39
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bathe oft
if you're dirty
or when your aroma
drives people away holding their
noses


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post Mar 18 13, 08:43
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nostrils
when they are flared
often show one's anger
but sometimes they're just attracted
to pie


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Alan
post Mar 18 13, 11:36
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DILEMA

To pee,
or not to pee;
whether it is nobler
in the mind, to expose, or soak ?
Problem ....

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post Mar 18 13, 12:57
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Pablum
was first processed
in nineteen-thirty-one
when malnutrition was common
for babes


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Larry
post Mar 20 13, 08:30
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four babes
are too many
to diaper without help
so all dads must stand by mom's post
part 'em


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post Mar 20 13, 09:51
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part 'em
an' wipe 'em clean
before you put 'em back
or their duds will stink all day long,
Larry!


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Larry
post Mar 20 13, 10:04
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leery
of following
this particular line
of parting, cleaning or changing;
been there


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post Mar 20 13, 11:05
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bend there,
turn to the right
at the intersection;
then turn right one more time and go
back home


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post Mar 21 13, 10:21
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back comb
when hairline ebbs
until it's there no more
then use soft rags on your head to
polish


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post Mar 21 13, 10:37
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Polish
kapusniak
is a vegetable soup
of sauerkraut and white cabbage...
slurp slurp!


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post Mar 24 13, 12:08
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syrup
goes on pancakes
or big fluffy waffles
and tastes better than soup made from
cabbage


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post Mar 24 13, 12:37
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cab age
irrelevant
in New York City;
drivers can hardly speak English
and smell


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post Mar 25 13, 03:27
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FAKE PONGS

Some smell
some are roses
many more too perfumed
coal tar now rules all our noses
sadly

Alan


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post Mar 25 13, 07:46
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sad Lee
had found Alan
dumping kegs of coal tar
in an attempt to kill his rose
garden


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post Mar 25 13, 15:19
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guardin'
the rose bushes
lies concentric circles
of poison and cedar mulch;
no help


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post Mar 25 13, 15:30
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no whelp
this cagey Alan;
he sucks up the poison
and leaps over all the mulch piles...
ker-splatttt


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post Mar 25 13, 15:46
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cur spat
might be construed
to mean promoting fights
but they're usually squabbles
for food


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post Mar 25 13, 18:32
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floor food
if for the dog
who meticulously
cleans up the floor to earn tonight's
dinner


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Alan
post Mar 26 13, 01:34
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Dinner
dinner dinner
dinner dinner - Batman
is served, by an eminence grey :
butler

Alan


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