Why Their Work Is Worth One Thousand Words ... NH #1

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NEIL HOOS

Neil's next page is
here 

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Three Of A Kind ... Airborne In Katonah

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© Oliverio (3x)

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A Poem About Someone Named Imagotta Notalenti

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Mr. Notalenti

was on the stage

but there was nothing

for him to do

So he reached for his foot

and started banging

one brown leather shoe

The crowd banged back

though not a word was said

On the stage, Mr. Notalenti

lay peacefully and

deader than dead

***

PAUL OLIVERIO

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Footnote

A POEM ABOUT SOMEONE

NAMED IMAGOTTA NOTALENTI

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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A Thorny Image From A Westchester County Picnic

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© Oliverio

If the twigs were cropped
from this image, you
might be tempted
to believe I found
something strange
at the bottom
of a lake

But these are  
horse chestnuts
from the property
of our first Chief Justice  

They are in no short supply
at the John Jay Estate 
in Katonah, New York

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The 145th Bullet: The Crystals Of Clarity

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Words of wisdom
would be worthless
without
the clouds of confusion 
discoloring
the crystals of clarity
 

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Footnote

THE 145th BULLET
is the copyrighted property of

the Lewis Carroll School of Logic

This particular bullet
was originally written in 1999
and credited to "Ali Terativo,"
one of my favorite
alter egos

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A Slightly Tilted Quote From He Who Was Twain's Flyswatter

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AMBROSE BIERCE
Aesopus Emendatus

What is meant by "Twain's Flyswatter"
is the contention that
when Twain and Bierce
were both in London
and California gold-digger country,
Twain would show his writing
—pre-publication—
to Bierce and ask:
≈ Are there any bugs in this? ≈

I dare any literary authority
to disprove my contention 

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To Make A Quatrain ... Number Twenty-Two

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To make a quatrain about
things we are buying

Advertising is NOT lying:
it is creative Truth-ifying

 ***

PAUL OLIVERIO 

 

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Footnotes

TO MAKE A QUATRAIN...

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

The next page

in this series

is  here

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Other Than The Bleaching, This Covid Photo Is Un-Touched

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Everything in this image

looks exactly the same

as it would, were I to have

photographed it four

months ago instead of four

hours ago

WITH ONE EXCEPTION:

The brilliant neon OPEN sign

of the Long Beach Cafe

has lost its neon glow

   

© Oliverio

The Cafe has been shut down

since the Covid-asaurus

has been, front-row-and-center,

the demon of everyone's nightmare

But that is no longer true.

That demon has a twin
whose name is
THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD

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Footnote

OTHER THAN THE BLEACHING,

THIS COVID PHOTO IS UN-TOUCHED

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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There Is No Truth To The Rumor ...

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© Oliverio

The Institute of Inane Research
has determined
there is no truth
to the rumor
that old brassieres
are being collected,
cleansed and converted
...

Old bra cups
are NOT being converted
to Covid-19 face masks

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A Letter From Frances Steerling

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Dear Paul

I begin with a hypothesis:

All people between the ages

of Twenty and Forty take a vow

to defy social distancing,

self-isolation and any form 

of quarantining themselves.

The age range is wide enough

to define an entire generation.

I conclude empirically:

No one in that generation

will become a true Artist.

Sincerely,

FS 

 

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Footnotes

A LETTER FROM FRANCES STEERLING

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

The next Frances Steerling page

is  here

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Photoverio #456: Collage

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© Oliverio
Nostalgia is essential medicine
for Covid survival

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DJ-Verioni #571428 ... Plato, Descartes, Sitting Bull + Willie Nile

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Willie Nile
Cafe Memphis

The video
might commence
with a deletable
advert   

Plato and Descartes 
are busy
writing poems on 
the ladies' room wall

Sitting Bull is
making me dizzy
I can hardly hear
the jukebox at all

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Third Time Is A Charm ... With Apologies To Mrs. CarPeo

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Being socially-isolated
creates ample opportunities
to consider the origin of things

© Oliverio
The "Thief" commit
the crime of
self-plagiarism 

As for the "origin"
of the Corona Virus,
click here 

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The Mark Of A True Genius

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The mark of a true genius

is the uncanny ability

to predict the future

when you least expect it.

Mark Twain did it

too man times to count.

Ditto, for Scott Fitzgerald.

BUT

in the Covid-sphere of 2020

where the safest form

of electronic communication

is Zoom,

the artist who predicted it
thirty-four years ago

was Aretha Franklin 

Who's Zoomin' Who?

If that doesn't qualify
Aretha Franklin
as a genius,
they should throw
that goddam word
out of the dictionary.

Ditto, for the birthday boy
on the previous page 

The song link is prefaced
by a quickly deleteable
advert  

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Quoting A Nobel-Prize Winning Poet On His 79th Birthday

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BOB DYLAN

***

The Geometry of innocent
flesh on the bone
causes Galileo's math book
to get thrown 
at Delilah who is sitting
worthlessly alone
but the tears on her cheek
are from laughter

Highway 61 Revisited 

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Color Scheme

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When day is night

and up is down,

a thimble of blue

will paint the town

When green is red

and stop is go,

all the ignorant

will be in the know

When white is brown

and hip is square,

the only state will be

the state fair

When  grey is yellow

and the queen is a jack

I'll swallow my words

and fade to black

***

PAUL OLIVERIO

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Footnote

COLOR SCHEME

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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To Make A Quatrain ... Number Twenty-One

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To make a quatrain about
giving my feet a chance

Anytime and anywhere,
I am ready to dance

 ***

PAUL OLIVERIO 

 

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Footnotes
This page is dedicated to

Mrs. Carpeo

The italic quote measures
83 percent accuracy
on the fact-o-metric
scale

TO MAKE A QUATRAIN
....

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

Some italic couplets
were originally written
in the 20th Century
and copyrighted
under the title
The Neither/Nor Journal

The next page
in this series
is  here

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Photoverio #455: Tape Over

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© Oliverio
Hooded Doorway,
Faded High-Rise  

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Photoverio #454: With Guide Wires

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© Oliverio
Oriental Twiggery

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Rorschach #39: Animal Bark Tree

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Doctor, I see
a dog-faced man,
wearing glasses

© Oliverio
***

The next page
in this series
is  here

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Photoverio #453: Covid-19 Wall Mask

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© Oliverio
Concrete Cutie

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Photoverio #452: Baby Needs A New Pair Of Coins

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© Oliverio
And Less Vibrato

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STREET ART UTOPIA #45 ...'Tis More Where She Came From

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Etam Crew
More where this
Came from 

The next page
in this series
is  here

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Photoverio #451: Where Have We Seen This Before?

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© Oliverio
I Coulda' Been a Contender 

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To Make A Quatrain ... Number Twenty

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To make a quatrain
about a global curse

All I'd have to be is

a Master of the Universe

 ***

PAUL OLIVERIO 

 

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Footnotes
This page is dedicated to

Tom Wolfe

TO MAKE A QUATRAIN

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

Some italic couplets
were originally written
in the 20th Century
and copyrighted
under the title
The Neither/Nor Journal

The next page
in this series
is  here

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To Make A Quatrain ... Number Nineteen

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To make a quatrain
affecting every deal

Statistics conceal
as much as they reveal

 ***

PAUL OLIVERIO 

 

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Footnotes
Mrs. CarPeo
assisted me
with this page

TO MAKE A QUATRAIN

is the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

Some italic couplets
were originally written
in the 20th Century
and copyrighted
under the title
The Neither/Nor Journal

The next page
in this series
(also related to the Covid-sphere)
is  here

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Arboreal Porno ... Whatever The Hell That Means

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© Oliverio 
Otto Tree w/ Stoplight

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Birthday Arithmetic ... One Day After The Fact

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At the risk of scarifying

the viewer, I present

3 equations w/ 2 unknowns

One of which

is symbolized by

a birthday cake

White space is provided
in the image
for your pencil-pushing pleasure

Mrs. CarPeo
is most responsible
for making the Birthday Boy
an internationally happy man

Particularly for
her Chorizo spaghetti,
 her French toast
her Florentine mushroom dish,
and the Pepperidge Farm
Coconut cake

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Photoverio #450: Ominous Landscape

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© Oliverio
Sleeping Street Light

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Photoverio #449: Alfresco Punching Bag

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© Oliverio (2x)
Everlasting in Katonah

 

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So She Says [Haiku #74]

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When accused, she says
I'm NOT playing God
because I am the
Real Thing

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Footnote

SO SHE SAYS

is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL

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Three Of A Kind ... A Machine Named Little Mo'

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© Oliverio (3x)

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Rock 'n Roll Trivia: Which One Became A Math Teacher?

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The choices are

a) David Bowie  b) Art Garfunkel  c) Paul Simon

d) Yoko Ono  e) John Lennon 

The correct answer is  b)

photo by Ron Gallela

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The Ultimate Protection Against The Corona Virus

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The contents of the BAGgage
behind the woman
at the wheel is

two human beings

Covered from
head-to-foot,
John and Yoko
could not be
better-protected
from any harm

 (1969)

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Footnote
The next GoFather/Beatles
page is  here
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The Thirty-First Page In This Series

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We can't go on

meeting like this 
   

© Oliverio (2x)
***

The next page 
in this series
is  here  
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The Dubious Denizens Of The Heaven's Angels Society

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Hell's Angels

flaunted every social norm.

The opposite of calm:

they were the storm

On their hogs,
they'd roar into a town.
They weren't happy
'til they tore it down

They had their babes
and they had their beer.

But today we have
the Covid-sphere

Time changes things
and all things must pass.
Hell's Angels
went through the Looking Glass


Heaven's Angels
believe in open-mindedness.
They believe it better
to kill with kindness

"Social distancing," they say
"is a curse."
"And nothing," they swear,
"could be worse"

In Covid-space,
life is hit-and miss.
Heaven's Angels grab strangers
and give them a kiss

"Why worry about
the virus bug?"
They say to a stranger
then give a big hug

One last thing
to you I will tell.
We were a lot safer
with Angels from Hell
***

PAUL OLIVERIO

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Footnotes
THE DUBIOUS DENIZENS
OF THE HEAVEN'S ANGELS SOCIETY
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL

This poem was written
with a little help from my friend
and better half, Mrs. CarPeo

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Onion News Exclusive About un-Coviding

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Read all about it

All the Fake News
That's Fit to Print

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Photoverio #448: A Ponderous Moment In My Man Cave

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© Mrs. CarPeo
What was I Thinking?

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Four Of A Kind ... The Rotating Pencil

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© Oliverio
Pencil Stand Exercise

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Photoverio #447: The Lone Sailor On A Quiet Covid Morning

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He is the only one

who does not need

a mask

© Oliverio
The Lone Sailor 
(5-7-20)

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If Only Rule Rather Than Exception ... Must Reading #714285

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ISABEL KERCHNER

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Footnotes
This article is from
The New York Times

The next page in this series
is  here
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