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Sunday, October 31, 2021
The NEW NAME OF FACEBOOK Inspires A Precious Memory
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was always
a topic of conversation
at an Oliverio Sunday
family dinner
which never featured
less than a dozen diners
and three times as many
meatballs
Aunt Kay and Uncle Willie
were so proud that Richard
bypassed toilet training
at the age of three
He refuses to call it
Number 1 or Number 2
He says either "peep" or
At that precise moment,
Little Richard excused himself
from the dinner table
and spent five minutes
in the bathroom
but did not flush
Upon his return,
our Grandfather asked
What did you do?
Richard said
I did Meta
Aunt Kay and three other Aunts
walked into the bathroom
and the toilet was full of
very large stools
The toilet was then flushed
and Richard had created
another Metaverse
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Thursday, October 28, 2021
ANDY BOROWITZ Gets Another Exclusive !!!
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I Can't Wait ... Another Poem By Mythter Hooda Helami
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I can't wait
to get my hands
on you
and
your hands
on me
My hands
on your skin
Your lips
on my face
Toes tickling the pillows
breasts nuzzling
my eyes
giving me
Divine Vision
We'll travel south
and
our southern geography
will be the map
to happiness
with
sudden stops
at the Sad Cafe
Their coffee
is mediocre
but the atmosphere
will be
our manifesto
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Alter Ego #142857
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
What The Marketing People Deleted From The First Amendment
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There are very few amongst us
who can quote verbatim
the entire First Amendment
to the Constitution
of the United States
I am not one of them
But we all know
that it gives us
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
and
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
et al
Those two pairs of three words
are emblazoned on the skull
of every American citizen
and non-citizen
has determined
that additional Freedoms
(or corollaries to those Freedoms)
were proposed in 1791
when James Madison
wrote
"The Bill of Rights"
We have
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
but it was suggested
that it be adjoined with
FREEDOM OF TOLERANCE
so as to avoid friction
between people
of different religions
We have
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
but it was suggested
that it be adjoined with
FREEDOM OF SILENCE
so as to avoid
too many people
speaking at the same time
The Silence
would give us time
to absorb
what has just been said
The United States of America
was a mere teenager
when the Bill of Rights
was written
We were only fifteen years old
The Marketing Department
Founding Fathers
of the United States
did not want Madison
to include the adjoining Freedoms
because they compromised
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
and
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
However.
imagine the corollary
FREEDOM OF TOLERANCE
!!!
It would mean that you
could go to your neighbor's church
even though it believed in things
dramatically different
from your own church
(and vice versa)
After their church service,
they would serve
a continental breakfast
including foods
you could never pronounce
but all you would say was
Yummy Yummy Yummy
Can I please have
a second serving
Imagine
the American classroom
if students practiced
FREEDOM OF SILENCE
whenever the teachers
were trying to teach them
Then and only then
would our students
be as smart as
any other students
in any other country
What a wonderful thing
those compromising Freedoms
would have been
If only there had been
—in 1791—
some Founding Mothers
in the United States
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© PAULOLIVERIO ©
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Blow Out The Candles: Another Poem By Hooda Helami
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Blow out the candles
and breathe in the dark
Cloak yourself
with night
and the blackness
will feel
softer than flannel
Then welcome
the light of day
as you would welcome
•••
Alter Ego #142857
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MORT SAHL: One Of Political Comedy's Earliest Influencers
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He died yesterday. He was
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| Rest in Peace, MORT SAHL |
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Photoverio #628: A Tree In Black And White ...
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With Clouds
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Sunday, October 24, 2021
Quoting CARSON McCULLERS On Love And Hate
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There are times when a man's greatest need
is to have someone to love,
some focal point for his diffused emotions.
Also there are times when the irritations,
disappointments, and fears of life,
restless as spermatozoids,
must be released in hate.
is to have someone to love,
some focal point for his diffused emotions.
Also there are times when the irritations,
disappointments, and fears of life,
restless as spermatozoids,
must be released in hate.
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Saturday, October 23, 2021
The Day His Mouth Melted
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The day his mouth melted
they sent him to
the chocolate farm
Everyone saluted him
because
his soul wore epaulets
He just winked
Someone pointed to
the star on his chin
and said
This is where we begin
Two weeks later,
his mouth un-melted
and he was sent home
where no one
looked at him
The epaulets were gone
but now
his soul wore blinders
This is where we end
•••
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Friday, October 22, 2021
Sometimes, Justice Is A Court Jester
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The Real Power Of Hollywood
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| Her name is Halyna Hutchins |
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The Real Mr. Piggy Is A Vegetable
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Photoverio #627: Semi-Bleached And Speck-ful But Heartfelt
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Yet Another ANDY BOROWITZ Exclusive
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El Chapo refuses
to have
Steve Bannon
as a cellmate
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| Read All About It |
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There Was A Goddess Amongst Us With A Deleteable Advert
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then I don't want
religion
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| What Happened, Miss Simone |
Re-Routing Shakespeare #285714
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Some people
are born great
Some people
achieve greatness
Some other people
shine their shoes
All others get stepped on
•••
The next page
in this series
is here
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
A Mini-Series Called Impeachment And it's About TR _ _ P
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Of course,
I thought it was about
Trump
You probably think
the same thing
But that would be
wrong
It's about the trip switch
that gave us
the Lewinsky scandal
It's about T-R-I-P-P
as in Linda Tripp
And
it's produced by
Monica Lewinsky
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What Was That?
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Did you say it
or was it me?
Maybe it was her
or the neighbor
with a mouth
bigger than Texas
Anyway
I know it isn't true
but then
I don't believe
a single word
I say
What was that?
You don't believe it either?
But then
I don't believe
a single word
you say
I don't have to
believe anything
but I enjoy saying it
just the same
I enjoy hearing it
just the same
So would you please
repeat yourself
•••
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Saturday, October 16, 2021
Song List #857124: What And Whats With Deleteable Advert
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| What's So Funny... |
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© Autobiography Of No One In Particular © ... Chapter Twenty
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Chapter 20
This is a bowl of farina
this morning
by special request
It was delicious
and I am grateful
Today
is the fiftieth anniversary
of the last meal
my mother
cooked for me
It was a bowl of farina
and before the end
of the day,
my Mother was dead
but your sympathy
is not what I want
For fifty years,
she has been a member
of the Oliverio 2.0 Society
A society
not lacking in membership
The newest member being
Vincent King,
her son-in-law
I know in my heart
that a Big Party
was held in her honor
It was a pleasure for me
to not be in attendance
On October 16, 2021,
I celebrated
my Fiftieth Birthday
as an Adult Orphan
Fifty
is so much younger
than seventy-two
•••
The next "chapter"
is here
The first chapters
of this autobiography
are there
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Friday, October 15, 2021
The Third World Interpretation Of FREEDOM OF SPEECH
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You can say anything you want
as long as it does not offend me
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| DAVID CHAPELLE |
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
I've Had Dreams About This New Yorker Magazine Cover
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| Artist = LUCI GUTIERREZ |
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Bleached Window Decor From 2200 Block of 4th Street (90802)
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G.O.D. Will Not Be There For The Last Judgment
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no longer believes in
the Last Judgment of people
for the simple reason that
those "people"
have become obsessed
with standing in judgment
of other people
would be either
a redundancy
or a coin toss
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Footnote
This page was inspired by
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Quoting The Author Of NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
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Fiction is made by a process
which combines total freedom
and utter control,
which balances precise observation
with the free play of the imagination,
which uses the lie to tell the truth
and truth to tell lies.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Why I Will Never Dance On My Grave ... With Deleteable Advert
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I will never dance
on my grave
because
I am too busy dancing
as far away from it
as possible
But when I am buried
I will dance in my grave
If you don't believe me,
dig up my grave
and as soon as
the coffin is kissed,
it will open with me
dancing to
Chubby Checker's
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Footnote
This page was inspired by
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To Make A Quatrain ... Number Fifty-Two
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To make a quatrain about
avoiding damnation
Knowledge without wisdom
is merely information
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Footnotes
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
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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Monday, October 11, 2021
Birthday Girl Is Looking Good At Seventy-Five
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| Born October 11, 1946 |
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Flaubert Quote From NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
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Contradiction
is the thing that keeps
sanity in place
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| My mask de jeuer |
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The Fiftieth Page In This Series ... The Maybe Birds
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Maybe
We can't go on
meeting like this
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*** The next page in this series is here | |||
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Saturday, October 9, 2021
A Never-Before-Seen Gilmore Girls Photograph
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Gilmore Girlaholics will recognize
most of this image as it appeared
in an episode entitled
But Lorelai's date
—being greeted at the door—
gets a backstage view
of the image
"The most handsome man"
Lorelai had ever dated
was also the most boring
and he was blessed with
an elephantine ego
This Season Three episode
originally aired in 2002
Lorelai's date
is portrayed by Jon Hamm
who is also seen observing
the scene
According to
the actor was totally disgusted
with his portrayal as
"the handsome guy"
I need to play a character
who is all mystery and mastery
like a Mafia DON
or a one-legged
window DRAPER.
I feel like such a wienie
always getting cast as
"the handsome guy"
but I don't want to be
a whiner
because it pays the bills
:::
The next thing you know
—between the wienie
and the whiner—
contacts the Hamm
named Jon
and Matthew says
I want to cast you
as a most brilliant and
villainous advertising man
That's a mad idea,
replies Jon
Terrific,
exclaims Matthew,
We'll call it
•••
Mad Men
premiered on
The rest is history
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Two Football Legends On A Baseball Diamond
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of the San Francisco 49ers
on the pitcher's mound
in San Francisco
at Game 1
of the
Giants-Dodgers'
baseball play-off series
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| BILL PLASCHKE |
A Chewable Quote Dedicated To LIL GREEN
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Music is
the best means
we have
of digesting
time
•••
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