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Monday, January 31, 2022
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Recent Graduates Of The Covidsphere: Rest In Peace
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Friday, January 28, 2022
It's Only Make-Believe
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Shadow-Casting Lizard
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Photoverio #651: Bleached Beach Sailboat
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Alamitos Beach
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After Two Academy Awards, This Had To Happen
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| Three cheers for MAHERSHALA ALI |
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Another Quote From That KINGSLEY AMIS Novel
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As long as Jenny had known
[her husband, Patrick]
he had been a bad actor
and lousy liar
...
She sometimes wondered
how many women
admired their men for that.
If a husband decided
he was only going to
behave himself
as long as it
suited him,
the least he could do
was to be a fabulous actor
and a beautiful liar
to go with it.
:::
KINGSLEY AMIS
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A Low Quality Image Of The Archangel Bidet
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Please Be Brief ... Said Father Alfresco
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You may confess only
your sins that are not
of a criminal or sexual
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Monday, January 24, 2022
Shortest Jazz Poem Ever Heard + One Deleteable Advert
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Photoverio #650: The Tall And Thin Claypot Tree
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119-Year-Old Photograph From LAURA WEBB NICHOLS
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Saturday, January 22, 2022
137-Year-Old Man Still Eating His Greens
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The Institute Of Inane Research Discovers DANTE's SISTER
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—the world-famous poet—
who wrote
had a sister who was
a most unsuccessful poet
Donte Alighieri
did, however,
give her brother the idea
to use only his first name
Donte Alighieri
had an ego
bigger than the Colosseum
and a voice loud enough
to be heard
throughout
the Roman Empire
She insisted her poetry
contain exactly
4/5ths of her name
Below is a sample
of her verse:
DON'T DO THIS,
DON'T DO THAT
EAT THIS BREAD
WEAR THAT HAT
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Footnote
This page is the copyrighted property
of the LCSoL
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Friday, January 21, 2022
There Will Be More Quotes From This Book
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There's nothing
to beat a place
where you can
really relax
and not be yourself.
KINGSLEY AMIS
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| And there should be a better image here |
Thursday, January 20, 2022
© Autobiography Of No One In Particular © ... Chapter 20.5
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Chapter 20.5
This sub-chapter is
nothing more than
•••
The next chapter
is here
The first chapters
of this autobiography
are there
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A Poem By And About Paul Oliverio
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I
have too many
alter egos
If
they put them
on an altar
It
would set my soul
on fire
because
they could sing
as a choir
How
nice that could be
but I guarantee
they would sing
off-key
:::
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Hexometric Poem Written By HOODA HELAMI
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When you see
a homeless person
who reminds you
of your ex-
let's hope it isn't
a hex
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
Alter Ego #142857
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The 164th Bullet: Preservation Theory
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The less you know
about human behavior,
the better the chances
of preserving your sanity
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Footnote
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
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A Head-Scratching Quote From A Fictional Man
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Every single time
I climbed out of a window
to get away from a woman,
they've taken it
the wrong way.
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Footnote
The quote is from
Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
(season 5//episode 6)
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Sunday, January 16, 2022
MUST READING For Fans Of Jasper Johns And Modern Art
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Plagiarizing ALEXANDER POPE
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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
with loads of learned lumber in his head.
(1711)
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The hopeful hophead, ignorantly read,
with dockets of divine drivel
in the head.
PETEY PLAJARISTA
(2022)
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Footnote
I am grateful to Nicholson Baker
for introducing me to this wordacious pearl
but his name-dropping tsunami
gave me a horrible headache.
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Friday, January 14, 2022
Photoverio #649: Have A Seat
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Early In The Morning ... With Deleteable Advert
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Net Zero ... The Team With 2.5 Of The World's Greatest Athletes
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The Chicago Bulls
have not been this good
since Michael Jordan retired
They are a first-place team
in the NBA,
Eastern Division
The Oklahoma City Thunder
have not been this bad
since Oklahoma
became a state
They are a last place team
in the NBA,
Houston notwithstanding
Within twenty-four hours,
the Brooklyn Nets
played both teams
Against the first-place Bulls
—on their Chicago court—
the ballers from Brooklyn
beat the home team
Correction:
the Nets pulverized the Bulls
—winning by twenty-six points—
That was Wednesday night
The gloriously victorious Nets
fly home
On their home court
in Brooklyn,
they play the
thunderless Thunder
And the abysmal visiting team
beat the home team
Correction:
the Thunder pulverized the Nets
winning by twenty-one points
That was Thursday night
And that's the way
the ball bounces
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Her Golden Slumber
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In her Golden Slumber
she dreamt of
Number
one is wonderful
two is true
three is freedom
within
four walls
five is alive
and all that jive
six makes you
pick up sticks
and clean your room
seven is from heaven
where eight is the gate
and
nine is divine
ten is when
you need more fingers
and the future lingers
In her Golden Slumber
she dreamt of Number
with no end
each and every number
was her friend
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Thursday, January 13, 2022
Scholarly Pursuit
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In my scholarly pursuit
of NOTHINGNESS
I found nothing
which is exactly
what I was looking for
and what's more,
it made me dance
across the floor
with my head in a cloud
feeling so proud
I phoned a friend
and did pretend
I was both
beginning
and end
she hung up on me
which is exactly
what set me free
:::
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Photoverio #648: Negatively Fourth Street
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022
A Poem Entitled Either/Or And Neither/Nor
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When here is there
and there is here
you might as well be
anywhere
or
nowhere
:::
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Photoverio #647: Front, Center, And Rear
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So nice, it may be appearing twice
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Monday, January 10, 2022
Photoverio #646: Accidental Art
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X marks the spot
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What The Australian Judge Really Said About Novak Djokovic
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Djokovic can make history
by becoming the first tennis player
on the planet to win
The Australian Judge said:
Having Covid spread across our land
is a small price to pay
for having Tennis History
made on our soil
this tennis
history
is not to be
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Saturday, January 8, 2022
They = The Powers That Be
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A bit of data on its own means nothing.
All of it together lets you understand
what you were unable to see at first.
You have to uncover
what they are trying
to hide from you.
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St. Peter Tells A Joke At The Pearly Gates
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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
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| Sidney Portier died yesterday |
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Thursday, January 6, 2022
Fenced In
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"Tarp Art"
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Long Beach Street Art By Someone Named Trasho
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SPAGHETTI HEAD
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| 309 Pine, 90802 |
Another Day, Another Rose [Plus Buddy] For Carol
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
With Apologies To ... TOM WOLFE ... For A Faulty Reproduction
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| Working Girl's weekend retreat: rooftop on 19th Street |
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Photoverio #645: White Out In The Garden
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Photoverio #644: Silhouette Walker Steps Forward
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022
An Artist Worth Knowing: DORIS LEE
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Painted one year before
the Hindenburg disaster
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| DORIS LEE |
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Photoverio #643: Raising The Stakes
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Monday, January 3, 2022
Waiting For the Cue To Dance
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A Chorus Line of Exclamation Marks
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| Foun Dartski |
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Saturday, January 1, 2022
The Rooted GINGER SISTERS ... WTMGWS
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With Too Many
Goddam White Spots
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A New Year, A New Fear (Comic Relief #4232)
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| FRANK COTHAM |
Good Golly Miss Molly ... Without Little Richard
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The more burning question is
Why doesn't every
displaced New Yorker
have access to
???
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Acrostic Greetings To YOU
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Headlines appear
About
People and
Places where
Yearning is satisfied:
Never mind about
Everything else going
Wildly off-course
Yelling, hugging,
Embracing one
And all, intoxicatingly
Remembering nothing
:::
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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