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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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Vegetable Matter ... Inspired By STANLEY CROUCH

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The rhythm of the rutabaga
and the carrots in choir
had no desire for 
the cacophony of cauliflower
in the seventh hour
when the church tower
rung its bell
loud enough
to be heard in Hell
 
Radish and string bean
were upon the scene
 
 
Squash and zucchini
 rise up from the hole
 
Pastor Potatohead
said GRACE
then
"Let's pass the bowl"
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© Paul Oliverio © 
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2 comments:

  1. Mr. Crouch would have brought out Mr. Oliverio's secret powers
    if the latter had been teaching at Jefferson High School
    while the former was a student there.

    TRANSLATION: Stanley and I would have had so many profound
    lunch time conversations, fifth period would have been
    my conference period, otherwise known as
    a ninety-minute "lunch period"

    -Oliverio

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  2. When BILL MAHER hosted Politically Incorrect,
    the person who always seemed to be
    the most sensible panelist
    was none other than STANLEY CROUCH

    -Oliverio

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