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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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Please Ignore This Utterly Personal Page

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The time stamp
is "5:16 AM"
but the date reads
APRIL 16
 
Mother,
today is your 
only grandson's birthday

He is responsible
for two
of your seven
great-grandchildren

They live in Brooklyn
I have never met
his wife
though I've been told
"she is a work of art"
 
Your living daughter
is 
"71 going on 39"
 
Her youngest
—named after YOU—
just gave birth
to my sister's
seventh grandchild
 
The first-born
of your living daughter
married inter-racially
and as a result
their non-twin offspring
are cuter than
a basket of chips
 
Her middle daughter
has fraternal twins,
just like today's birthday boy
 

I am certain
his birthday
is being celebrated
in one or more 
of four states
[NY, MD, PA, VA]

This image of YOU
has cropped out 
everyone but your Father,
the custom tailor
who designed suits
for the Everly Brothers
et al

My Dad was cropped
because he is too busy
with the Heavenly Mafia
to guarantee
no evil falls upon
anyone of the living
related to you
not named
"Paul Edward Oliverio"
 
 
The other people
cropped from this
ANASTASIO OCTET
photograph
pity all those under thirty
unfamiliar with
Phil + Don Everly
but 
most of that age group
are somewhat familiar
with the four lads
from Liverpool
the Everly Brothers
 helped traverse
Across the Universe
 
PS
Happy Googling to anyone
who ignored the title
of this page and
please remember
Love is All You Need  
   
 
Thanks 4 being full of Grace

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2 comments:

  1. Why is the narrator of this post so detached from the content?

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    1. Because my sister's family basically regards me
      as a non-entity ... after assuming my "Sugar Daddy" days
      were without end

      -Oliverio

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