It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Friday, February 24, 2017

What Is A Dad To Do ... A Poem For Michael

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What is a Dad to do
when every work day
is a hell hole of teenagers

though some call it a classroom

What is a Dad to do
when every home day
is a battlefield with three
gender opposites

though some call it family

What is a Dad to do?

1.
Squirrel away every bent
syllable and verb
until another poem
is born

though some call it esoterica

What is a Dad to do?

2.
Squirrel away every dollar
without budget collar
and at season's end 
of every hellhole
say Hello Europe
with three gender
opposites

He goes through hell
to give them a taste
of heaven

3.
and the comfort
to call him 
Terrible


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