PhotoVerio #904: Lady Lupine Flower Song

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Me and my shadow

 

Flowers come 

and flowers go

but Lady Lupine

 says what is true:

she loves her shadow

and so will you

©©©

 

DEDICATED  TO

SAMMY  DAVIS

+

FRANK  SINATRA

 

© Oliverio ©             Image + Lyrics

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A Simple Question ... With Lower Case "Answer"

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am I all there is?

hers or his

hit or miss

kick or  kiss

up or down

city or town

 

but always true

to 

red, white, and blue

green will do

ditto for yellow

goodbye or hello

 

dog or cat

this or that

all of the above

with hate or love

the

more 

options

the 

more

excuses

to 

not be you

or 

anyone else

standing or sitting

on a shelf

none other than myself

this simple question

has many an answer

and I am

all of them

(ahem)

 

say I

to

madam or sir

 

SO

my friend

this "answer"

must end

***

 

© OLIVERIO ©

 

 

written

five days short

of my

76th birthday

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A Quatrain About Poetry By AMBROSE BIERCE

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To poets all Nature is pregnant with grand

Ideas—with thought and emotion.

I pity the dunces who don't understand

The speech of earth, heaven, and ocean.

AMBROSE BIERCE

The Devil's Dictionary

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PhotoVerio #903: Jetty-Scape

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© Oliverio

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HOODA HELAMI ... On The Highest Mountain

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On 

the highest mountain

with 

the loudest voice,

he screamed

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY

but

no one 

could hear him

***

 

© Hooda Helami ©

Alter Ego #142857

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WARNING ... For Anyone Crossing My Path Tomorrow

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If My New York Knicks

win today,

they will have

the Boston Celtics

on the brink of elimination

 

To express my joy

for a team 

I have loved

all my life,

TOMORROW

I MAY HUG

STRANGERS AT RANDOM 

!!!

Let's Go KNICKS !!!

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The 216th Bullet ... Super Bowl MVP Named Patricia

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If women could pass

a football

as naturally

they pass judgment,

their gender

would have won

as many Super Bowls

as Patrick Mahomes

***  

 

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Footnote

THE 216th BULLET

is 

the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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The Buzz Dance (ComicRelief #6329)

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GARY LARSON

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Welcome To The World POPE LEO XIV ... From Chicago!!!

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost

has just been selected as

 the 267th Pope

My pride

in having a Pope

born in 

the United States

is beyond measure

BUT

the only other thing

I will say 

for now is

I hope his reign

has more success than

his favorite

baseball team,

the Chicago White Sox

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PhotoVerio #902: The Evil Twins

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Missing: 

their elder bro, SayNO

© Oliverio    Milan 2008

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PhotoVerio #901: No Color Left Unseen

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Flower Power

© Oliverio

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According To My Cousin, FRANKIE FABRICATO ...

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Cousin Frankie Fabricato

was behind the wheel

of the cab

in the middle

of this photograph

He didn't have a fare

but he followed

the Beatles limo

for a mile

However,

 I think he told 

a different story

to different cousins

and other Fabricato

relatives

***

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I've Said it Before But ... Finger Dancing Makes Me Feel ...

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I can dance 

with my fingers

bypassing my legs

As easy as eating

scrambled eggs

While driving

I'm arriving

at exact destination

No one requires

an explanation

Never do I deviate

from the road

with empty car

or carload

 

Music always

makes me feel

like fingers across

a steering wheel

***

 

© Oliverio ©

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A Shout-Out For ... THE SAY HEY KID

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

WILLIE MAYS

He was born on May 6, 1931

Willie Howard Mays

died last year

BUT

as long as I have breath,

he will be alive and well

in my heart and soul 

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Quoting ROWAN + MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN

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Women should be

obscene and not heard

***

Season 1/ Episode 4

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PhotoVerio #900: A Bug Named KAFKA

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©©©

 

KAFKA

 is a

"cousin photo" of 

the previous page

 

It is rarely displayed 

in public

© Oliverio

Legend has it 

that KAFKA

is a scout

for the 

Long Beach

Hummingbird

Society

©©©

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PhotoVerio #899: Family Portrait ... OR

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OR

insert your title here:

__________

 

© Oliverio

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Professor Dawson's Bad Day (Comic Relief #6319)

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GARY LARSON

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PhotoVerio #898: Art + Nature #285714

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© Oliverio

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HAMMER Time

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My hands 

were shaking so hard

I started cursing

the buttons on my shirt

***

MICKEY SPILLANE

Vengeance Is Mine

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Song Lyrics Inspired By ... The President Of The United States

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Everybody wants to be

my friend

it's the beginning

of the end

 

Enemies: 

I have none

shot 'em down

with the funding gun

 

"Emperor"

is my middle name

think otherwise

and live in shame

 

MADE IN AMERICA

is my rally cry

or I'm gonna

spit in your eye

 

Now about this

Planet Earth

—thanks to me—

danger trumps mirth

 

I'll say it once

I'll say it loud,

we're going down

in a nuclear cloud

 

As they say in Carolina:

nothing could be finer

than to say that nuke

was made in China

***

 

© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego #142857 

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Should I Be Fearful Of This Quote?

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Mrs. CarPeo

refers to the following

as her "favorite quote"

related to boxing

Everybody has a plan

until they get punched

in the mouth

 ***

Mike Tyson

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The Intersection Of ... ART + NATURE ... #142857

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© PhotoVerio #897.5

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PhotoVerio #897: Cheap Labor

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Feed them 

some crackers

and let

THE FLIGHT SHOW

begin

© Oliverio

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