Baby Love

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Supremely 

I present 

 

The 3rd 

Love of my Life 

The 1st Love was ...  Dale Evans

The 2nd Love was ...  Cher

The 3rd Love was ...  Diana Ross

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Obviously,

these were fantasy loves,

—askew of reality—

because I thought

LOVE

had no bearing

on 

my real life

 

"Love of Family"

was 

a 24/7

birthright 

until  

family love for me

—not undeservedly— 

went out the window

 

+

in 2026, 

my love

for 

an individual woman

still has me

scratching

my head 

❗❗❗ 

 

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"We Had Great Sex But ..."

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We had great sex

but it was 

of the 

"Honey, you got a minute"

variety

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_________

 

© Oliverio © 

≈ 2002 ≈ 

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Memory Is That Place ... For A Vertical Poem

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MEMORY

is that place 

where things go

 

Things

that happened

yesterday

or

last week

last month

or

never at all

 

They 

get pruned,

ruined,

embellished,

or 

forgotten

until

the time

is best 

to 

remember 

them

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_______

 

© Oliverio © 

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AMBROSE BIERCE ... Vertically Quote-Worthy

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BEAUTY

is 

the power 

by which 

a woman

charms

a lover

and

terrifies

a husband.

 

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_______

 

AMBROSE BIERCE 

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Suck On It

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Magreetings #142857

© PhotoVerio #1068.5 ©

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PhotoVerio #1068: Shade + Wrought Iron

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© Oliverio ©

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There Is Always Room For Quoting OSCAR WILDE

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OSCAR WILDE

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Unfortunately,

INTELLIGENCE

is not out of the reach

for morals.

 

This explains why

the artificial kind

is prospering. 

 

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PhotoVerio #1067: 5000 Pounds

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© Oliverio ©

 

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A Suggestive Guide For Modern Plagiarism ... #428571

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It 

isn't the end

of the world

but 

you can

practically

see it

from here

***

 

≈ JOHN MELLENCAMP ≈  

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Yesterday Was Officially ... A Day Of Rest ...

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Yesterday 

was 

officially 

a day of rest

for

this blog

*

*

*

 

Otherwise 

this page

might have been

 an obituary  

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A Suggestive Guide For Modern Plagiarism ... #142857

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If there's

a hell below,

we're 

all going

to need

road maps.

 

≈ CURTIS MAYFIELD ≈  

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Quoting The Substitute Father Figure Of Willie Mays' Life

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"IF YOU CAN DO IT,

IT AIN'T BRAGGING"

 

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__________

 

Since 

930 divided by 1107 = .840

I am a 

New York Times Spelling Bee 

GENIUS

eighty-four percent

of the time.

 

For the game called

"Wordle,"

my Genius level

is a small notch below

ninety-nine percent

________ 

 

Therefore,

my personal pride 

can smoke

an imaginary pipe

and I can

pretend

its'

real 

marajuana

❗❗❗ 

_________________

_________

 

© Paul Oliverio ©

 

 

It 

literally took

a fortnight

of mini-anxieties

to complete

this page 

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Not Pretty But Pretty Necessary

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Whether

or

not

it 

wants

to

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Life begins here 

THE TUNNEL OF LOVE

 

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© PhotoVerio #1066.5 © 

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PhotoVerio #1066: Eugenics

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Eugene , Oregon

from a prop plane 

 © 3/11/2004  ©

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_______

 

It was my Dad's 

88th birthday

+

I had to 

go somewhere:

 

Coin flip

sent me to

Eugene, Oregon 

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Multi-Colored...Tilted ... Premature Party ...Invitation ... #1089

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"There are no coincidences,

there are only 

divine parallels" 

is

a quote from

either 

Jesus Christ

or

me

 

HINT: 

Jesus 

was way too busy

to concern Himself

with

chalk-chucking fools

+

donut-dispensers 

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My retirement

was celebrated on

my only nephew's

16th Birthday

+ 

presently

he 

lives in 

Westport, Connecticut:

 where the

per capita income

is higher than 

seventeen 

hand-woven-kites

 

BUT

I 

had seriously forgotten

that my 77 years 

on 

Planet Earth 

included 

only

seventeen years

of

full-time 

employment

 

Two 

retirement gifts received

were 

"blunts"

 

Something

the son of 

Sam Oliverio 

quit smoking

on 9/11

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________

 

I think there will be

more verbiage

about my 

"retirement"

BUT

on August 10, 2026

my thought processing

is five-star

Jabberwocky

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________

 

ITAL

Susan Swain

– creator of the invitation –  

is due

eternal gratitude 

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