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10 Passive/Aggressive Commandments
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
The Story Of My Life ... Was Not To Be ... Was Not To Bee
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The red word was invalid according to
the editor of the extremely addictive
"game" from the New York Times
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Monday, August 29, 2022
The DON McLEAN Song About February 3, 1959
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It Happened In Clear Lake, Iowa
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| AMERICAN PIE (with deleteable advert) |
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TCM Hosts
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Left to Right
Spend a few hours with TCM
and listen carefully
to what the hosts say
before and after
whatever film
they present
because their collective
Hollywood IQ
is approximately
one thousand
*
Watch the film
with the words
of the hosts
floating above your eyes
and
Presto
!!!
You will feel
your IQ
increase by
ten or twenty points
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*Smokey Robinson, **The Rolling Stones, And ***Moi
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If you can want
you can need
You can't always get
what you want
but if you try
sometimes
you get what you need
***
If you want to make friends,
say what they WANT to hear
If you want to be avoided
—but respected—
say what they NEED to hear
With Deleteable Adverts
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Sunday, August 28, 2022
Photoverio #726: The Silhouette Church
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Saturday, August 27, 2022
From The Land Of Immobilia
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The King and Queen
of Immobilia
sat on their throne
and did not move
unless nature called
or their stomach grumbled
or
—of course—
the cats needed
to be fed
They traveled the world
—on-line or off-subject—
but in reality
they went nowhere
But not always
In pursuit of their
professions
(art + math)
they circumnavigated
the earth
[in equivalence]
with or without rhyme
Immobility
was their chosen facade
and could suck up sympathy
from a salamander
or sarcasm from the gutter
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Friday, August 26, 2022
Mama MacBook In A Nina Simone Seascape
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Heavy Metal Lanscape Art In Downtown Long Beach
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| Artist Unknown |
Named For A Jimi Hendrix Song ... With Deleteable Advert
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Purple Haze
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
The Intimacy Of Long Beach Architecture ... 1928 And 2021
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Color Scheme ... Another Hooda Helami Poem
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Before and after
the laughter,
there was the color Green
who said to me
"This is my friend, Yellow,
we are very close."
I laughed again
then
the color Red
jumped inside my head
but nothing was said.
How sad
how mad
but
how glad I was
to be sitting at
this table.
***
© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Photoverio #725: Once Upon A Spectral Time
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Howl-O-Ween Parade
(2017)
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Photoverio #724: The Buddha Tree
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Sunday, August 21, 2022
Angelic Entertainment (Comic Relief #4615)
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| GARY LARSON |
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To Bee Or Not To Bee ... The Amazing Mr. ME
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Only the Genius
or the Queen Bee
score higher
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| Thirty games played = Thirty Amazing scores |
The 173nd Bullet: Right And Wrong
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The smart idea
presented poorly
yields to
the dumb idea
presented
with a smile.
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Footnote
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
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Once Upon A Time ... In The Deep South
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Ball Park Integration
Immortalized
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He Said/She Said ... Hard + Soft
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All that is soft
came from Grace
Wisdom
(and its' hard edges)
came from Sam
Of course,
Grace and Sam
are best known
as
my Mother and Father
Dime-a-dozen
are the moments
with Sam
and his wisdomic,
terse, funny ways
Inspiring the thought:
Wisdom is gender-based
Explaining why
I am sometimes
hard-pressed
to remember
any wisdom
expressed by
the woman who birthed me
***
BUT
[to the nth degree]
the most important words of wisdom
conveyed from parent
to this offspring
came from
my widowed mother
in 1971
We were walking
two blocks
from home
to this beach:
Grace said to Paul
Your sins are so loud
and so obvious,
other people
will forget
they have ever sinned
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Starbucks TV
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
FANCY FEAST Trattoria On The Island Of Manhattan
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Play Ball
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Mommy Redhead
Daddy Longlegs
and Baby Billy
went to a ball game
Someone hit
a grand slam
You could hear
almost everyone cheer
Ten people
spilled their beer
Baby Billy
pointed to a bird
Someone stole third
The rally monkey
danced the bugaloo
Mommy Redhead
headed for the loo
Daddy Longlegs
danced with a kazoo
The home team won
10-2
The game ended
with a prayer
led by Someone
—the Most Valuable Player—
Everyone went home happy
(Almost everyone)
Baby Billy had
a mustard stain
on his bib
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Her Professor, Her Pastor, The Guest Lecturer ... Or Man At Bar
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It's not what you say,
it's your package
***
© MY BETTER HALF ©
Translation:
She is not really listening
to anything being said.
All she is thinking about
is what's inside
his jockey shorts.
Better Half = Mrs. CarPeo
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Pluck Myself With Creamy + Deleteable Advert
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I can pluck apples
from your
peach tree
Dance on your ceiling,
your wife
or your knee
Laugh like Louisiana
in the middle
of Maine
Fill the sky
with stars
in the pouring
rain
Tear you with jeers
or bore you
to tears
Fondle your fears
with a midnight
house call
or
ask you
to play
flag football
BUT
I'd rather
give you
my love
than do
all
of the above
I'm a man
not a menace
***
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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Monday, August 15, 2022
Spectacular Events That NEVER Changed History ... Chapter One
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While walking in an alley,
I farted forty times
within forty steps
but no one heard a sound
because the rest of the world
was deep asleep.
***
HOODA THUNKIT
© Alter Ego # 285714 ©
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Better Than You Think [Haiku #82]
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Seek and you shall find
not always
what you sought
but something
much better
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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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Sunday, August 14, 2022
A Quote In Lieu Of Two Lines From His Triangle
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Eye Of The Tigris (Comic Relief #4602)
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Friday, August 12, 2022
I'm Just Answering A Question
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I think the only differences between
Apple Computers and the Italian Mafia
is how they define "hardware."
And the profit margins of the former
dwarf those of the latter.
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A Psychedelic Transformation Of The Previous Page
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Willie Mays + Duke Snider [Stats]
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Willie And The Duke + Manhattan Skyline
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
The Fifty-Second Page In This Series ... Contrarians
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We can go on
meeting like this
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Betwixt and Between ... Florally Speaking
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Un-cropped and improved,
this image is en route
to YelpLand
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Easier To Love Him Than To Read His Mind
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| SHAWN MULLINS |
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Photoverio #723: Above The Beach
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Cliff Notes
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Simple Bloody Truth About A British Existentialist
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I'm me
and nobody else
and whatever people
think I am
or say I am,
that's what I'm not
because
they don't know
a bloody thing
about me.
***
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Saturday, August 6, 2022
Photoverio #722: Keep On Dancing
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The Sisters Of Sappho
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Woodn't YOU Kiss Me? Sic Sic Sic
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💋
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Today And Tomorrow ... Hooda Helami Strikes Again
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Some days,
I have something
important to say
Some days,
I want everyone
to go away
(myself included)
with all thought denuded
I count up my sorrow
and yearn for
tomorrow
When
—I hope—
I'll have something
to say
***
© HOODA HELAMI ©
Alter Ego #142857
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
I Needed To Talk To Harold
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I needed to talk to Harold
about a very personal issue
For a week,
I sought in vain
with pain
hammering in my heart
Finally, I found him
on a very wet Saturday afternoon
He was juggling his eyes
in a strip joint.
I had my MacBook
to record his every word
He had Yolanda give him
a lap dance
I had a laptop dance.
Harold said everything
I needed to hear
I was very satisfied
and both of us
gave Yolanda
$50
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Chalk Talk (Comic Relief #4588)
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| GARY LARSON |
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The Translation Of ZHANG ZIPIAO = Self-Portrait
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| ZHANG ZIPIAO |
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Profound Moments Of Silence In The Sports World ... This Week
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| b. February 12, 1934 d. July 31,2022 |
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| b. November 29, 1927 d. August 2, 2022 |
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