D.J.Oliverio ... Also Known As ... Murray The Klay

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This is 

MURRAY THE KLAY

reporting from 

my submarine race-watching post

in the mud of the Halvah plantation

in downtown Long Beach

and if you wanna know

the most BOSS band

to come out of the 

Mother Country

at the foxtail end

of the 20th Century

continue reading:

  

They are 

the most successful band

ever named for 

a Ronzoni product

(with the possible exception

of the Lasagna Lizards)

 

Since the inception of 

ELBOW,

there is exactly 

one band member

who was not 

an original cast member

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Below you will find

lyrics to a song

from their album

released in 2024

THINGS I'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF

FOR YEARS

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PhotoVerio #772: Green Flag

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© Oliverio

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PhotoVerio #771: He Walked The Line

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© Oliverio

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Everywhere Is Here

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I know 

where I'm going:

it's wherever

I've been

 

Without costing 

a needle or  pin

Close my eyes

and I'm there:

Italy ... Texas

Ohio ... Delaware

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Long Island is long

in my gut

and DNA

 

I swim in Rocky Point

—stroking yesterday—

without being

wet today

 

There is no fee

but memory

 

Me-more-we

is what it be

 

***

 

© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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Stupidity Without Borders ... (Comic Relief #5958)

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GARY LARSON

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"PLAY BALL"

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Whether audible or inaudible,

every baseball game

begins with the words

"PLAY BALL"

But the 162-game

regular season of

 Major League Baseball

ended on 

the last day 

of September

and

Tuesday

—October 1, 2024–

began the POST-Season

with 12 teams

qualifying

Each with the goal

of winning

The World Series

[and the personal goal

of reducing me 

to a couch potato]

 

The only introductory words

to initiate a baseball game

more potent than 

"Play Ball"

are these:

"PlayOFF Ball"

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The Missing Ingredient For ... SEXUAL EQUALITY

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Women will never be

an equal gender

until they learn

the necessity

of a spittoon

And men learn

not to be repulsed

by the sight of it

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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

Bullet #203.5 

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Two ATWOOD QUOTES ... On October 2nd

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An eye for an eye

leads only to more blindness.

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Love blurs your vision

but after it recedes,

you can see more clearly

than ever.

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MARGARET ATWOOD

Cat's Eye

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