We Say Goodbye To August With PROUSTIAN Epigrams

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People wish to learn to swim

and at the same time

to keep one foot 

on the ground

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The only real voyage of discovery

consists not in seeking

new landscapes

but in having

new eyes

***

 

 MARCEL PROUST

Swann's Way

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Photovero #698: Standing Tall

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© Oliverio

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The Pods Are Trailing

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Photoverio #697.5

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Photoverio #697: Metered Sky

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© Oliverio

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WOMEN's LIP Quote Justifies My Existence

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You can't stay young forever

but you can be immature

for the rest of your life

***

MAXINE WILKIE

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A Slice Of Slang-O-Metrics

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Slice: Page

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Photoverio #696: Who Does She Think She Is

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???

© Oliverio             (2014)

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Corona De Jesus Estrella ≈ Star-Shaped Crown Of Thorns

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This cameo image

was photographed

outside the entrance to

St. Anthony's Elementary School

The thorns are sharp enough

to make rosebush thorns

feel lick ticklers

© Oliverio                     (2018)

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The Head-Turner And The Punching Photographer

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I took this photograph

of Mrs. CarPeo moments before

going to church

 

In my presence,

she never turned

so many heads

 

Some turned so fast,

the church masseuse

had to give

emergency massages

 

The body of 

one of those heads,

followed us

to the car

after mass

 

I impulsively

punched the man

and knocked him out

 

I was ushered into

the emergency Confessional

and became truly penitent

for my sin

© Oliverio

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The Day The LONG BEACH JETTY Got Icy

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It happened

at the PhotoShop

Photoverio #695.5

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Said The Doctor (Or Was It The Nurse)

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I am what I am

(for better or worse)

said the doctor

(or was it the nurse)

I heal with wisdom

and good Karma

because I am beloved 

by big Pharma

For what I do

there's a simple description

I heal by means of

a medical prescription

YES ... I heal

of that I am sure

YES ... I heal

but I do not cure

***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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Survival Of The Smallest ... (Comic Relief #5218)

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If the smallest fish 

want to survive

in the sea,

all they have to do

is swim behind

all the bigger fish

GARY LARSON

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Doctor Rorschach ... I Can't Ink Blot This Into Something It Isn't

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I know Blog-O-verio too well

to regard this image

as anything

but what it actually is:

nothing more than

the petals 

of an orange rosebush

 

© Oliverio

The rosebush

is right outside his door

and between 

The GodFather of Math "Trilogy"

+

Mrs. [Yelpy] CarPeo

there are approximately

fifty images of it

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Photoverio #695: If This Were A Mafia Portrait

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Its name would be

Two-Tone Tony Botanica

© Oliverio

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A Hooda Helami Sonnet Knows What No One Knows

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No one knows

exactly what

the future holds

in store for them

But he knows that

some stores 

have basements

and basements get

very damp:

There is 

no telling 

which mildewed boxes

had his name 

on them

***

© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego #142857

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Slightly Adjusted But Quintessential Comment From Last Page

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Love is much better 

in Poetry

than in Reality

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ANONYMOUSY

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But It Also Inspires Incredible Song Lyrics

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Love doesn't go with anything

but agony and jealousy

and humiliation and pain

***

DAWN POWELL

"Country Boy"

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Dostoyevsky's American Doppelganger ... Was A Woman

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!!!

RICHARD BRODY   New Yorker  

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I Was A Pretty Pink Rose Until I Had The BLOSSOM-ECTOMY

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Now 

I am prettier than any pink rose

or any yellow rose

AND

I am an excellent 

cheerleader

© Photoverio #694.5

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HOLY SMOKES BBQ Patio On Taco Tuesday

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!!!

© Oliverio (3x)

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Quoting Dawn Powell Again ... Is Always A Profound Pleasure

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Jealousy is never so black,

so torturing as when accented 

by memories of one's own

past guilt

 ***

 

The more you knew,

the less you dared believe

***

 

DAWN POWELL

The Story of a Country Boy

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Dr. Rorschach, I Will Tell You What This Is Not ...

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It appears to be a cave man

wearing jacket and tie,

looking in a mirror

© Oliverio

But it is NOT

a cave man:

It is a knot

in the wooden wall

that borders my patio

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Quoting DAWN POWELL ... Somewhere Lies Happiness

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Slightly Billowed

DAWN POWELL         The Story Of A Country Boy

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ATWOOD Poem From Morning In The Burned House

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1939

MARGARET ATWOOD

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Photoverio #694: Pledging Allegiance

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I pledge allegiance to

the silhouette 

of nature

© Oliverio

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Based On An Ocean Boulevard Lawn Sculpture

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She came to me 

in a dream

because she liked

my bow tie

 

Photoverio #693.5

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To Seek Or Not To Seek

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The bible tells us

≈Seek and You Shall Find≈

but as for those

who chose

to NOT seek:

they will still find

something

***

 

© PAUL OLIVERIO © 

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Photoverio #693: Bleached Cloud Director

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© Oliverio

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The Thief

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Time is a thief

and memory is

the gang leader

Territorial disputes

between

yesterday and yesteryear

are settled 

by the heart

***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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Something About Syllables And Stitches

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Syllables

can be bullish

sad or silly

tilted or stilted

simple or profound

up in the air

or underground

 

As long as the sounds

they make

sing along with

the other syllables

in harmony

or rhythm

 

As long as they make

the feet tap a beat

or the the eyes surmise

when the mind does find

the stitches

that bewitches

and holds 

the syllables

together

 

You get music,

poetry, story

shame or glory:

 

Sisters and brothers

in the kingdom

of words

 

Or they can bore you

to death

if they have no breath

between them

and you get

stagnation:

 

Syllables on

a fatal vacation

if they are without

 punctuation

***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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VICTOR BUONO + The Diabolical Road To The Human Rotunda

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My stomach lives

in the gutter

 

Because the road to hell 

is spread with butter

And caked is cursed

and cream is awful

Satan is hiding

in every waffle

Mephistopholes lurks

in provolone

The devil is in 

each slice of bologna

Beelzebub is 

a chocolate drop

And Lucifer is a lollipop

***

***

 

≈ VICTOR BUONO ≈

 

 

with deleteatable advert 

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HOODA HELAMI's Response To The Previous Page

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Here's the deal:

all men cheat and steal.

 

But when it comes to deceit,

women have them beat

***

 

© HOODA HELAMI  ©

Alter Ego #142857

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The Lowlights Of NICK LOWE's Gender With Deleteable Advert

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All men are liars

their words aint worth

no more than

flat tires

 

HEY GIRLS

bring rusty pliers

to pull this tooth

All men are liars

and that's the truth

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≈ NICK LOWE ≈

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Words More Suitable For ... The Declaration Of Satire

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JOHN DOS PASSOS

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Maybe This STARBUCKS Junkie Should Have Cross-Gendered

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Behind every successful woman

is a substantial amount of coffee

***

STEPHANIE PIRO

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Photoverio #692: Spiking The Sky

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© Oliverio

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Rorschached And Windblown

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The Laughing Man 

On BirchBark Island

© Oliverio

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Quoting An Author Also Known As The Alphabet Lady

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I believe in forgiveness as long as 

I am given the opportunity 

to get even first

 

*** 

≈ SUE GRAFTON ≈

V is for Vengence

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The F-Word Has Been With Us Since Time Began

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Comic Relief #5192

GARY LARSON

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You Don't Have To Be Catholic To Appreciate This Image

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St. Bartholemew's R.C. Church

© Photoverio #691.5

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Photoverio #691: A Slice Of The Long Beach Jetty

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© Oliverio

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The Best Sunday Champagne Brunch In California Is ...

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Served On THE QUEEN MARY

© Oliverio

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Rorschach Foliage Family ... A Still Life

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© Paul Oliverio

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The Nineteenth Quote From Editor Roz Warren's Masterpiece

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I'm a wonderful housekeeper.

Every time I get divorced,

I keep the house.

***

ZSA ZSA GABOR

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Photoverio #690: Comfort Zone

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Catnapping

© Oliverio ©

Dedicated to the estate of

Larry + Eleanor CarPeo

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I Never Met Venus De Milo

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I never met

Venus De Milo

but I knew 

Vinnie who worked

at the Silo,

singing with his group,

the HiLos

 

Quite a fellow

that Vinnie Acapello

 

With many charms

and two strong arms

***

 

© Mr. + Mrs. CarPeo © 

Dedicated to Vincent Tuzeo

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Just Sitting And Saying

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Just sitting and saying

this and that

when

I could be out slaying

with ball and bat

Evil is out there

without debate

 

Love is lacking

not so for hate

I can point out examples

with expedience

rather than have

evil experience

So much easier

to say

than to slay

***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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Speckled, Antiquated + Harmonious ... Foliage Collage

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Foliage Collage

(Or Law Firm)

???

© Photoverio #689.5

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The "Personal Best" Of HOODA HELAMI

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Your personal best

cannot pass the test

of time

But in the confusion

you create the illusion

it did

 

Applauding with cheer

and cheap beer

a moment soon to

disappear

***

© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego 142857

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Another Joke I Almost Sold For Six Dollars ... In 1981

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"My parents were so cheap,

they bought used Pampers."

***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

The buyer would have been

Robert Orben

who probably had

the greatest repository

of one-liners

in the English language 

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A Joke I Almost Sold For Six Dollars ... In 1981

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"I hate my job.

The only reason I work

is so I can afford

a psychiatrist

and tell him

how much

I hate my job."

***

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

The buyer would have been

Robert Orben

who probably had

the greatest repository

of one-liners

in the English language 

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Photoverio #689: The Jaded Trail

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© Oliverio

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