Before He Was An Extraordinarily Competent Short Story Writer

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For more Donald Barthelme quotes, click  here

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Footnote
For more quotes about newspapers,
click  there

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An Addendum To The Poetry Journal ... Right Hand Pointing

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Issue #121 
of Right Hand Pointing

is dedicated to 

Very Very Short Poems

This is my untitled submission

–published post-facto—

The man was tapping his head

but no one knew why

"Would you rather see me cry?"

"No," they said

"Well, neither would I."

©©©

PAUL OLIVERIO 
©©©

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Zen And The Art Of Garry Shandling

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I can be funny

at the drop of a hat

but sometimes,

you can't find the hat

GARRY SHANDLING

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Always, Always ... I Repeat Always ... I Can Return To the Dawn

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The rich need poor relations and poor friends

more than the poor need the rich.

The rich need poor old Cousin Betty

to be glad of a home

so she can be stuck on the farm

looking after the balmy progeny

or the dogs.

They need wastrel gambling nephew

for the same reason—

they need poor second cousins

to send their old clothes to,

or their mistakes in shopping,

so they don't feel extravagant.

***

DAWN POWELL

This quote
is the the diary entry
for April 16, 1963

The next
Dawn Powell
page is
here 

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The Janitor On Mars Spoke To Martian Martin Amis

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One of your writers

put it succinctly

when he said that

there was no evidence

of the existence of God

other than the human longing

that it should be so

***

MARTIN AMIS

The quote is
from the story
Janitor on Mars 

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Miss Curiosity Of Canton, Mississippi

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she named her children

Who, What, Where,

Why and When

her neighbors were

Now and Then

she fed her children

books, games, eggs,

rice and ramen

their father was Franklin

but she called him Ben

he worked for Larry

and his brother, Harry

at the Cash and Carry

they called Franklin "Mint"

who never gave them a hint

about how happy he be

married to Miss Curiosity

and her pomposity

and the gloriosity

 of

Who, What, Where

Why and When

There:

I've said it again

***

PAUL OLIVERIO 

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Footnote

MISS CURIOSITY OF CANTON, MISSISSIPPI

is the copyrighted property of LCSoL

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This Is The Page For Garry's Show ... This Is The Page

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The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

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Footnotes
THIS LINK  explains the title
of the images from
the 4-hour HBO
documentary 

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Without Genitals, Trump Might Be Had For $20,000

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 The Emperor Has No Balls

The sculpture depicting Trump
in the flesh...is the last statue
remaining not vandalized
or destroyed.

The price is estimated to be
between $20,000-$30,000

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Footnote
The next GoFather/Trump page is
here

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The Fourth Branch ... What The Constitution Forgot To Include

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The Founding Fathers

meant well

when the Constitution

formed a triumvirate:

Three Branches of Government

to create, enforce and interpret 

THE LAW

with

CHECKS AND BALANCES

to guarantee that no branch

of government run amuck

  

And we lived by the mantra:

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

   

The Founding Fathers,

neglected 

THE FOURTH BRANCH

OF GOVERNMENT

which is

The court of public opinion

which states

that if someone cries

ME, TOO

and points a finger at you

...

that is sufficient to

establish your guilt

and end your career

regardless of how long and accomplished

that career may be

...

Maybe this  ME-TOO miasma

would never have happened

if

instead of Founding Fathers

there were

Founding Fathers and Mothers

 

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Footnotes
THE FOURTH BRANCH...
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION
FORGOT TO INCLUDE
is the copyrighted property of
The Lewis Carroll School of Logic

My next ME-Too page is  here

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Photoverio #295: Blurred But Sequential

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© Oliverio (4x)
4th Olive: Garden

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7 x 6 = Jackie Robinson = 22 + 20 = Jackie Robinson = 84 ÷ 2

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The Institute of Inane Research

has determined that

the number 42

has been retired

from the set of

Natural Counting Numbers

It is henceforth to be known as

Jackie Robinson

The new counting system is thus:

  1     2      3       4      5      6     7

  8     9    10     11    12    13   14

15   16    17     18    19    20   21

22   23    24     25    26    27   28

29   30    31     32    33    34   35

                       36   37    38     39    40    41   Jackie Robinson

43   44    45     46    47    48   49

..     ..      ..        ..      ..      ..     ..

  ... ...

   ∞

The new counting system takes effect

on Thursday, March 29

which is
OPENING DAY of 

the 2018 Major League Baseball

season

            

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Footnotes

The image of Jackie Robinson

is from

here

You do not have to be

a baseball fan
to appreciate
Jackie Robinson

(but it helps) 

There may never be

in all of history

anyone more important

to professional team sports

than Mr. Robinson

AND

all sports are just

numbers in action.

Sports are the most exciting form

of Applied Mathenatics
  
Effective March 29, 2018:
No one will ever be  $42 in debt.
They will only be short
one Jackie Robinson 

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ONION News Exclusive: These are Their Words Not Ours

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To read article,
click  here

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Mr. Art Daily: We Have Another Question For You

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Is the title

of this piece

The Secret Agents

???

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Mr. Art Daily: This Silhouetted Boy Has A Question For You

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Is the title
of this piece

The Carpet Pad
  
???

   

mr. art daily

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IGNORANCE IS ... All Of The Below

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IGNORANCE IS bliss

IGNORANCE IS this,

that, and the other thing

IGNORANCE IS never

going to win a beauty pageant

IGNORANCE IS necessary

for other people to feel

superior to you

IGNORANCE IS essential

for any semblance

of sanity

IGNORANCE IS worth ignoring

after you have read

all of the above

***

Paul Oliverio

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Footnote

IGNORANCE IS ... ALL OF THE BELOW

is the copyrighted property of LCSoL

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What John Lennon Had In Common With Parkland Students

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Nearly 200 people have died
in school shootings
since the 1999 massacre
at Columbine High School in Colorado,
which killed 13 people.

Since then, more than 187,000 students
attending at least 193 primary
or secondary schools
have endured a shooting
on campus during school hours.

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The Original ... I Want To Hold To Your Hand ...1950

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There is nothing
I can do about
that big white spot
on the vinyl
to the left 
of the title

Nor is there anything
I can do about
the inability to find
a youTube version
of Fillmore Slim
singing
I Want To Hold Your Hand

Other than getting

a copy of the CD 

pictured here,

you may never hear

  the 1950 song 
whose title is identical
to what
McCartney and Lennon
wrote in
1963

UNLESS
Snoop Dogg
features the song
in the Fillmore Slim
biopic

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Sixteen Finalists For ... Black & White Image Of The Year: 2018

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Valeri Lopo
#1

Earl Liu
#2

Rae Ivor
#3

O.I. Revilo
#4

Pearl Vu
#5

Elva Irp
#6

Lea Pool
#7

Al Oreo
#8

Ira Love
#9

Ola Ipo
#10

Paul Evor
#11

Vea Loop
#12

Eva Opioriull
#13

Olli Verpo
#14

Viola Perilo

Rip Veal

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Footnotes
The names of all photographers
are capricious subsets
of the actual photographer:
Paul Oliverio

The sixteen photographs
are the copyrighted property
of LCSoL 

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How The West Was Won Weston Was One: Like Father, Like Son

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The Father

EDWARD WESTON

( 1886-1958)

 ⬇︎ ⬇︎

The Son

BRETT WESTON

(1911-1993)

 ⬇︎ ⬇︎

 ⬆︎⬆︎
The Father

***

The Son
⬇︎ ⬇︎ 

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