PhotoVerio #781: Welcome To Texas

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© Oliverio                   Interstate 10

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SANDY McBEACH Says ... Thank You

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Thank you

for not littering

on my beach

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A bigger

THANK YOU

if you never litter

on any other beach

[or Sidewalk]

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Sand sculptor's name

is not available

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If You Were Me ... Without Revealing A Family Surname

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What if your Grandfather

made $200 million

during Prohibition

BUT

—unlike Al Capone—

he wasn't a gangster

He was a visionary

who knew that

one of his sons

would become

President of the United States

It might have been two sons

but I was 

fourteen years old

when my Father was

assassinated,

five years after

Presidential Uncle John 

was assassinated

 

That assassination

on November 22, 1963

has become

the greatest mystery

in the history

of murder

in the United States

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A third son

of my visionary Grandfather

might have become President

had it not been 

for something 

that inspired

this magazine cover

 

 I was 15 years old

when Chappaquiddick

became

a family curse

and 

druggy + delinquent

behavior

defined my life

BUT NOW

the man Oliverio

refers to as

"Mr. T"

who is the 47th President

of the United States

has named me

to be

a cabinet member

in his Administration

and

—shockingly—

I have been endorsed

by none less than

President Trump's

Anti-Christ,

Bill Maher

 

All I will do

to end this page is

APOLOGIZE

FOR AN ABSENCE

OF HYPERLINKS

and

promise you

[as Oliverio promised me]

that there will be

a follow-up page

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© OLIVERIO ©

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SELF-EXPLANATORY ... Maybe More So Than Necessary

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Jefferson High School     March 5, 2004

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ROBIN GREEN ... I Love You ... I Respect You ... Page 5

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From reading this book

I learned enough

about your Mother

to be convinced that

—when you were a young adult—

 she uttered

the fabled quote

about "respect" from 

Franny And Zooey 

BUT

she did so

only because she knew

you were too stoned

at that moment

to remember it

ever happened

 

HOWEVER

something more monumental

than Mother-speak

is happening here:

 

👏👏👏👏👏The fifth and final page👏👏👏👏👏

of my tribute to Robin Green 

is here

BUT

it is to be equally shared with

your husband,

Mitchell Burgess

for fourteen seasons

of the show 

the two of you created:

BLUE BLOODS

 

I sincerely hope

your global celebration

of this creation 

is celebrated exclusively with

Kings and Queens

rather than

rogues and rascals

 

I hope all in attendance

at these celebrations

resoundingly echo this 

final season quote

from Season 14/Episode 4

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WHAT WOULD YOU 

RATHER HAVE,

AN IMPERFECT COP

OR A PERFECT CRIMINAL?

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 Sincerely,

Paul Edward Oliverio

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When Knowledge Is In Doubt ... There Is A Way Out

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When you are on 

the short end

of knowledge

and authority,

there is a way out

so that

you fit in:

To avoid frustration,

discreetly rely upon

your imagination

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© OLIVERIO ©

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Two Of A Kind

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According to legend,

this flower

first sprouted outside 

Las Vegas

and inspired

the Roulette Wheel

            ©PhotoVerio #780.5     The Passion Flower                 

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Randomia Poem By HOODA HELAMI

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In Randomia

thoughts have brothers

some are thin

some fatter than others

In Randomia

thoughts have sisters

some are peaceful

some are twisters

 

In Randomia

thoughts begin with mothers

so say

the brothers

or 

thoughts begin with fathers

so say

the sisters:

"We code them Misters"

 

All other thoughts

display

what brothers/sisters

say

from the heart

or

to sound smart

 

As if they've been

to college:

thoughts verbalized

with knowledge

 

Words

sideswiped with humor

or 

nasty rumor

or

sadly about

somebody's tumor

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©HOODA HELAMI©

Alter Ego #142857

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The Accursed Son ... ( Non-Comic Relief ) ... Page Two

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After school

—always—

there was the 

milk and cookies

Then 

there was TV, 

homework

solitude

and dinner

 

But

never

gratitude

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© OLIVERIO ©

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The Accursed Mother ... (Comic Relief #6032) ... Page One

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GARY LARSON

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PhotoVerio #780: Static

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© Mrs. CarPeo

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Campus Residence ... After Requirement Of Presidential Portrait

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A college campus residence 

—for students—

after #47 mandates

his Presidential portrait 

appears in every room

is called a

DOOMITORY

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© Oliverio ©

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All I Want To Do ...

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All I want to do

is climb this tree

to escape

the Great American

insanity

I think about it

all day and night:

a simple desire

in 

black + white

© PhotoVerio #779.5

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The Photography of NEIL HOOS ... Page 2

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NEIL HOOS

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The Photography of NEIL HOOS ... Page 1

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NEIL HOOS

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