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| 3 photos en route to the YelpLand |
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Thursday, June 30, 2022
Photoverio #716: Infinity Alley
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It's Color-Coded
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| © Oliverio |
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Alphabetically SWEET MUSIC ... With A Deleteable Advert
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| From the Soul |
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Photoverio #715: Almost Jewish
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| © Oliverio |
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Monday, June 27, 2022
Exclusively For Readers Of Existential Fiction Masterpieces
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Saul Bellow's HERZOG
is
Jean Paul Sartre's NAUSEA
at the
Comedy Store
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Footnote
Our lawyers will not allow
any hyperlinks on this page.
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Andy's Gang
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| The Andy Borowitz Supreme Shock Troops |
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Sunday, June 26, 2022
Sad But True Redux [Haiku #80]
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If intelligence
is heaven-sent
then why
is it not
permanent?
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Footnotes
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Footnotes
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
My haikus
are no longer linked together
because we do not
want to make life
too easy for our favorite thieves
of LCSoL
My haikus
are no longer linked together
because we do not
want to make life
too easy for our favorite thieves
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
Hooda Helami Gets Confessional
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I was born wealthy and rich
but almost fainted
because
the silver spoon in my mouth
was
spray-painted
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© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857
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Photoverio #714: From The Wanna-Be YID
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Casa Del mar
Backyard Image
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Stucco Underwater
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Only Kidding
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HERZOG ... Page 2 of 2
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Trepverter
is a Yiddish word
that means
the perfect response
to what someone says
after you have departed
from that conversation
****
I first read Saul Bellow
more than fifty years ago
On the first page of Herzog,
he defines Trepverter
At that time,
I was a great reader
of first pages or first chapters,
unless the author was
Salinger or Sartre or Vonnegut
Second pages or second chapters
were usually eclipsed by
a pretty face
or
baseball statistics
or
NBA / NFL stories
before falling into
the pit of neglect
This was true
for at least fifty books
***
More than fifty years ago,
I read Updike's
Rabbit Redux
but
—of course—
only the first chapter
Two months ago,
I learned that
what Updike I had read
was NOT Rabbit Redux
It was
Rabbit Run
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From The Guy Who Introduced Me To Trepverter ... Page 1 Of 2
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True insincerity is hard to find
!!!
Herzog
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Friday, June 24, 2022
A Multiple Choice Poem By Hooda Helami
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Sometimes
you feel like a nut
Sometimes
you behave like a nut
Sometimes
you are allergic
to nuts
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© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego
#142857
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Photoverio #713: A High-Wire Act
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Below The Dotted Line
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Photoverio #712: One Hour After A Ten Minute Thunderstorm
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90802
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Down The Rabbit Hole ... Page Five Of Seven
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The italic title of this series
about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
brings to mind
Alice in Wonderland
Alice and Harry
do have some things in common
insofar as both characters
embark upon
very strange adventures
But it would be impossible
to imagine
Alice selling Toyotas
Speaking of those cars:
everything you ever
wanted to know about them
is described in
the Rabbit Angstrom Quintology
Some would call that
"product placement"
and a complete list of products
that appear
in John Updike's masterpiece
would make this page
one mile long
So I will list just a few:
Pizza Hut, golf clubs,
Winn Dixie Supermarket, Coca Cola,
Gilbey's Gin, and Honda Motorcycles
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Monday, June 20, 2022
Once Upon A Time In Los Angeles
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| from 1950 Yearbook |
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Sunday, June 19, 2022
With An Apology To SUZIE PRICE
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Because her placard
was carefully staked in
Long Beach's
most beautifully maintained,
variegated
and whimsical garden,
I intended to vote for
SUZIE PRICE
I voted on the second Sunday
prior to Primary Election day
I was the only voter
in a room with fifteen
poll workers
I scanned the ballot carefully
but could not find
the candidate SUZIE PRICE
I asked for a ballot book
and two minutes later,
was handed one
However,
it was in Chinese
When I asked for another,
I was quickly handed
a ballot book
en Espanol
But I am a Bronx-born
Italian-American
and the second book
was worthless to me
Out of frustration,
I completed my ballot
without casting a vote
for the
Mayor of Long Beach
Once again,
I apologize to
SUZIE PRICE
but feel obligated to add
that every word
on this page
is 100% fact
😥
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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The Husband's Lament ... A Poem For Father's Day
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Putting the cart
before the horse
is like
letting her
break your heart
after the divorce
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Exhibited At The CHEECH Museum + Quote From Mr. Marin
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| Artist = WAYNE ALANIZ HEALY |
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Saturday, June 18, 2022
K ... And The Apple
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The italic K
in the title
stands for
KAFKA
The following is
a very simple observation
he made about a simple object
and how different people
respond to it
Let the simple object
be an apple
Consider
the view of a little boy
who his to crane his neck
in order to glimpse
the apple on a table
🍎
Now consider
the master of the house:
who takes the apple
and freely hands it
to the person
sitting at the table
with him.
🍎
(1917)
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The Ultimate Vampires ... Another Poem By Hooda Helami
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Beware
the dubious denizens
dwelling
in the dark corners
of websites
But they are not there to
eat your skin
or
inhale your eyeballs
They are only there
to suck some blood
out of your
bank account
***
© HOODA HELAMI ©
a/k/a
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A Poem Inspired By KIERKEGAARD
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Either/Or-ing
and
NeitherNor-ing
stood
face to face
A mirror was between them
but this
was no trick
The mirror's name
was
Logic
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Friday, June 17, 2022
Down The Rabbit Hole ... Page Four Of Seven
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IMPOSSIBLE
is the task to list
all my favorite quotes
from
The Rabbit Angstrom Quintology
Ironically,
the quote listed below
was originally used
by Mr. Updike
elsewhere
but the author,
being a master of
"self-plagiarism,"
could have used it
in each volume
of the Rabbit saga
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Thursday, June 16, 2022
Yin Yang Symbol Without Bi-Polar Colon
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| JON FOREMAN |
Midnight Metamorphosis (Comic Relief #4503)
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After midnight
—and last call—
the sign changes to
POTS
(Part Of The Solution)
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Down The Rabbit Hole ... Page Three Of Seven
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The answer is
NOBODY
The question is
Who would not take offense
to AT LEAST
five paragraphs
within the
Rabbit Angstrom Saga?
After completing
the 1700+ pages
of the "Quintology,"
however,
I will state empirically
that Mr. Updike
has written
an American masterpiece
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Two Homeless Guys Talking ... © Ollie Garky + Demmo Kracy ©
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Ollie Garky:
If we win, January will still have two holidays.
We'll erase Martin Luther King's birthday
but make January 6th
a national holiday
and give everyone a free beer.
Demmo Kracy:
I can live with that.
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Demmo Kracy:
But if we win, we'll reduce January
to a thirty-day month by simply
erasing the 6th from the calendar.
Ollie Garky:
And I'll change my name to Ollie Wood.
***
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Down The Rabbit Hole ... Page Two Of Seven
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And Rabbit rhymes with Babbitt
knowing that Updike
was a great fan of TOLSTOY,
have learned that the author
considered titling
the Harry Angstrom saga
TALL BOY
😃😃
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Sunday, June 12, 2022
A Repetitive Warp Of A Shakespearian Couplet
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To delay
or
not to delay
to bet or not to bet
transcends
the Shakespearean couplet
action or inaction
is more than a choice
it is
—24/7—
your DNA's voice
at its most binary
but
here's wishing you
no plastic spoons
and pure silver finery
with easy access
to an elegant winery
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Three Cheers For KELSIE WHITMORE
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| Read all about her |
Moonshine (Comic Relief #4497)
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| GARY LARSON |
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Down The Rabbit Hole ... Page One Of Seven
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I begin with the imperfect reproduction
of the title page of John Updike's
four novels about
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| Approximately 1550 pages |
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The next page
in this series is
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Friday, June 10, 2022
Quintessential Loneliness With LOVE + Deleteable Advert
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| ARTHUR LEE |
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
Poem Begun In 1972 And Completed This Morning
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Standing in defiance
of all things in science
is like
pulling out all your hair
just to protect your head
from air
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022
She Said/He Said Poem #285714
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She said
I Love You
as if tossing him
a bone
He said
Now we are entering
the danger zone
:::
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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I Might Get Free Cat Food For Posting This Image
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Speaking Of Concessionaires At The Shooting Site
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who operated this concession
across the street from
was selling
Cappucino, Slappucino
and Yo Mama's-Cino
His tip cup
was overflowing
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BIG MONEY SHOOTING ... One Block From Home
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But fret not:
It is a commercial
for CitiBank
AT LEAST
150 people are involved
I use present tense because
today is the "shoot"
was the "set-up"
Tomorrow
they "strike"
[close down the set]
As for the "principals,"
[actors and director]
they are nowhere
to be seen
The image below
—shot exactly 1 block from home—
shows some "grunts"
and a concession selling
god knows what
There was zero editing
for this photograph
because the photographer
was paid zero dollars
for his efforts when
the "Hollywoody photographers"
are being paid
AT LEAST
$100 dollars per hour
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Monday, June 6, 2022
Photoverio #711: Rosie, Her Sister + Mother Of All Flowers
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A Dark Maybe-ism From Harry Angstrom
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| JOHN UPDIKE --- Rabbit Is Rich |
Sunday, June 5, 2022
The Problem With The Film KING RICHARD
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There should have been
another Academy Award
for BEST ACTRESS
(in a supporting role)
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| AUNJANUE ELLIS |
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Saturday, June 4, 2022
A Sad Day For American Sports Fans Unless, The Names ...
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Coco and Iga
mean nothing to you
Michelle Obama
not only knows
who Coco is
but sent
the teenager
a congratulatory text
for graduating high school
the day after winning
the 2022 French Open
Semi-finals
But today,
18 year-old Coco Gauff
was defeated
in the Finals
by Iga Piatek
21-year-old godsend
Iga Piatek
is the reason
Poland is in
hyper-celebration mode
today
I will close this
hyperlink-free
image-free page
by quoting
my therapist
[Dr. Raft]
"We should all have
pierogies for lunch
today"
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Friday, June 3, 2022
Texas Governor Impersonates Pat Paulsen Who Once Said
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"Guns don't kill people, bullets do"
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| ANDY BOROWITZ |
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