It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Thursday, August 17, 2023

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
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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2 comments:

  1. The disputes may be settled by the heart but the head
    might disagree—depending on sibling rivalry.

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    1. Thank you for adding another verse to this poem

      -Oliverio

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