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		That 'Butler O.'
is bound to spell 'trouble',
'trouble' and 'blue rot'.
It's curtains for us. 
Curtains? The narcist
can't act, racist citrus
trains incur rustic tunics.
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Curtains? The narcist
can't act, racist citrus
trains incur rustic tunics.
Rustic tunics?
Circus stunt I think not!
Nut cut crisis
is in cut crust.
	
	
	
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		Rustic tunics?
Circus stunt I think not!
Nut cut crisis
is in cut crust. 
Uncast cairns strain,
narc's scant ruins
turn a satin sitar -
cats cast scat.
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		sitar strains
remain in my brain
disharmonic melody
Henna tattooed hands unfurl
to the sympathetic strings
of a resonating sitar
	
	
	
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		Henna tattooed hands unfurl
to the sympathetic strings
of a resonating sitar
Tommy's (?) house on the bridge entrance
sitar, snakes and a small monkey
where the hell did I put my keys
	
	
	
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		Ha, ha...
naughty monkey
loves to play little games
"what does it have in it's nasty pocketses"
happy to see you my precious;
this mischievous sooty mangabey 
in my pocket needs a good whacking
	
	
	
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		he's got 'em 
in his mouth -
cheeky monkey
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		monkey magic
Shakespeare sonnets
no typewriters
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		monkey magic
Shakespeare sonnets
no typewriters
no typewriters
no internet
imagine the telepathy bugs
	
	
	
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		 (09-25-2014, 01:48 AM)ellajam Wrote:  no typewriters
no internet
imagine the telepathy bugs
Houdini's typewriter
tests telepathy bug
nothing get through
	
 
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		monkey magic
Shakespeare sonnets
no typewriters
Neanderthal poets
monkeyed with words
before men in tights
	
	
	
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		Houdini's typewriter
tests telepathy bug
nothing get through
newbie magician
sleight of hand
slight of skill
	
	
	
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		newbie magician
sleight of hand
slight of skill
newbie wanker
heavy hand
somewhat chaffed
	
	
	
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		newbie wanker
heavy hand
somewhat chaffed
heavy handed
subtlety leeched
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		heavy handed
subtlety leeched
replaced by baseball bat
Bones crunch into fragments 
as bat meets skull.
You fielded for yourself
and forgot the team.
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
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		Bones crunch into fragments 
as bat meets skull.
You fielded for yourself
and forgot the team. 
Bases are loaded,
so are the fans.
Spectacular
these circuses.
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		bring on the lions
the elephants and horses
no clowns, they're scary 
Horse acrobat and lion clown,
musician elephants abound,
some juggler seals, one tightrope snake,
all decorate my birthday cake.
	
	
	
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		Horse acrobat and lion clown,
musician elephants abound,
some juggler seals, one tightrope snake,
all decorate my birthday cake.
The showy ringmaster presides
with licorice whip, while ponies glide
so carefully on roller skates
to spell out all the number eights.
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
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		figure eights
etched in the glazed palette
of the frozen pond
aliens
marking graffiti
for infinity
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		aliens
marking graffiti
for infinity 
disparate selves
our alien infinities
unhinged
	
	
	
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