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		cinnamon candlesmake her think of pumpkin spice--
 it's barely summer
 
 Next week is July 4th
 BAM, summer turns the corner--
 snuggles by the fire.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		Next week is July 4thBAM, summer turns the corner--
 snuggles by the fire.
 
 
 by Canada Day
 another year is half done--
 rain on fireworks
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		A day in Canadalasts years, though things are slow -
 checkmate Einstein.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		A day in Canadalasts years, though things are slow -
 checkmate Einstein.
 
 
 one day is a soap bubble
 the next drips like an hourglass filled with pitch
 time doesn’t fly, it lies
 
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara 
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		06-30-2023, 10:27 PM 
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		A day in Canada 
lasts years, though things are slow - 
checkmate Einstein.
 
Einstein's in a boat 
just fishing the day away-- 
tells wife it's research.
 
  (06-30-2023, 09:53 PM)Quixilated Wrote:  A day in Canadalasts years, though things are slow -
 checkmate Einstein.
 
 
 one day is a soap bubble
 the next drips like an hourglass filled with pitch
 time doesn’t fly, it lies
 Quix you beat me to it!
	
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		 (06-30-2023, 10:27 PM)brynmawr1 Wrote:  Quix you beat me to it!    Two poems for the price of one.  I would challenge you to a duel, but I lost my dueling pencils ages ago and can’t be bothered to look for them.  We can let the next poster untangle it however they see fit.
	 
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara 
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		 (06-30-2023, 10:48 PM)Quixilated Wrote:   (06-30-2023, 10:27 PM)brynmawr1 Wrote:  Quix you beat me to it! 
  Two poems for the price of one.  I would challenge you to a duel, but I lost my dueling pencils ages ago and can’t be bothered to look for them.  We can let the next poster untangle it however they see fit. 
Ha! I've never had such pencils.  Besides, I think Tiger would erase both of us.
	 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		Einstein’s soap bubblebursts bright in a fiery flash:
 atomic fishing.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		Einstein’s soap bubblebursts bright in a fiery flash:
 atomic fishing.
 
 
 not all bubbles burst
 in a subatomic flash--
 who designed this thi
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		not all bubbles burstin a subatomic flash--
 who designed this thi
 
 
 post apocalypse
 Kevin Costner sporting gills-
 fruit flies did just fine
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		post apocalypseKevin Costner sporting gills-
 fruit flies did just fine
 
 Oppenheimer smoked
 a hundred fruit flies a day
 grew wings, flew away.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		Oppenheimer smokeda hundred fruit flies a day
 grew wings, flew away.
 
 
 Surgeon General
 shook his head but said nothing--
 can't stop evolution
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		07-20-2023, 09:41 PM 
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		Surgeon Generalshook his head but said nothing--
 can't stop evolution
 
 A wise man once said
 evolution can’t be stopped:
 time to adapt.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		A wise man once saidevolution can’t be stopped:
 time to adapt.
 
 
 a wise man evolves
 knowing that adaptation
 has no time to stop
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		a wise man evolvesknowing that adaptation
 has no time to stop
 
 
 There is no stopping
 life's perpetual motion--
 5 o'clock somewhere?
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		There is no stoppinglife's perpetual motion--
 5 o'clock somewhere?
 
 Day begins its end
 5 o’clock shadows resist
 perpetual heat.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		07-22-2023, 05:09 AM 
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		Day begins its end5 o’clock shadows resist
 perpetual heat.
 
 
 shadows fearfully
 resist the day’s end when night
 comes out to eat them
 
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		shadows fearfullyresist the day’s end when night
 comes out to eat them
 
 
 Full of itself night
 grows weary on its prowls
 tucks in for the day
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		Full of itself nightgrows weary on its prowls
 tucks in for the day
 
 just trying to sleep-
 midnight, on the other hand
 had something else planned
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		just trying to sleep-midnight, on the other hand
 had something else planned
 
 
 catching up on rest
 midnight oil gets expensive--
 a good sleep is cheap
 
		
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