The Elongation Of Emotion

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The

elongation of emotion

fills

the room with tears

 

The 

excitement of victory

morphs

them into cheers

 

The

avoidance of absurdity

warps

all of the fears

 

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Alter Ego #142857 

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To Beat My Drums

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I want to beat

my drums

against

the sky

 

Til

the clouds

ask me why:

 

"To give you

another chance

to dance"

 

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I Got My Eye On You

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PhotoVerio #1080: Hot Bed

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Variation Of The Previous Page

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If

there were no

repitition,

we could never do

anything

again

❗❗❗ 

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Legally Changing My Middle Name

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©©© 

© Oliverio ©

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Signage In The Town Of ... Inverto, Missouri

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© PhotoVerio #1079.5

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PhotoVerio #1079: Bleachland

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© Oliverio ©

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All I Can Say Is ... I Love This Goddam Photograph

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The only reasonable name

for it

is

PATIO 4am 

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PhotoVerio #1078: With A Notch

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© Oliverio ©

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According To Scientific History

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 Nature 

made

man out of a monkey

according to

scientific

history

 

BUT

it took 

a beautiful woman

one night 

to make

a monkey

out of me

John Hammond

 

Written by

Pleasant Joseph 

 

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has

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Painting With The Power of Speech

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I remember 

the day

we met

 

I had eaten a bowl

of 

Euclidean 

noodle soup

and

your face 

followed me

everywhere

© Peter Galasso ©

 

So yummy 

to the eyes

of 

the tummy 

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Permanent Art Exhiibit

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Long Beach

Museum of Art

Downtown

 

Artist Unknown = Oversized Sliding Door

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Unadorned Glass Blocks

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© PhotoVerio #1077.5 ©

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Quoting LIZA MINELLI

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In approximately 1983,

Liza Minelli

visited

the office of

ABRAMS BOOKS

to discuss

a book 

about her mother,

Judy Garland 

 

On her way 

out the door,

she passed the desk

of designer,

Carol Robson

Liza said to Carol:

If ever I need 

an understudy,

I'll give you 

a call  

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Sunrise Does Not Prove The Existence Of God❗❗❗

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Sunrise 

does not 

prove 

the 

existence of God

 

It 

proves

the 

talent of God

 

 

Ditto

for 

sunset 

 

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Worthy Of Being Re-Posted

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PhotoVerio #1077: Brick + Rail

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© Oliverio ©

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However ... A Message For Cyndi Lauper

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If 

Cyndi Lauper 

wants to improve

her dulcimer skills,

I recommend

listening

to

this video 

© Paul Oliverio © 

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Cyndi Lauper on 9/11

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Cyndi Lauper

playing 

dulcimer

at the 

9/11

Memorial

was 

a perfect companion

for 

the recital

of

the Victim's

names 

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Third Read Is The Charm

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 The first read of

Moll Flanders

is

the only one 

to be graded:

 

It was assigned

at the end of

sophomore year

at

Bishop Reilly

but

that conflicted with

three most disturbing words:

 

REQUIRED SUMMER READING

and

—of course—

I did not read it

 

Instead 

I read

the Cliff Notes

—cover-to-cover—

and 

my sister Lynda

read 

select Cliff Notes

to me

while I was on

the Rocky Point beach

and

my eyes were closed

 

My grade was

  B+

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_________

 

The second read 

was fifteen years ago

and a page of

30 select quotes

is

still on file

somewhere

in my office

 

How much 

of

the book

did I actually remember?

 

Virtually nil

because

 

© 

If forgetting

was an art,

I'd be Van Gogh

then forget

where my ear was

and cut off

my toe

©  

_______________

_________

 

The third read

was last month:

I read it 

very slowly

and 

carefully:

 

By far,

it was the most

satisfying read

I am convinced

that

in the history

of novels

written

in the 

English language,

no more than

9 or 11

of them

have been 

more plagiarized

than 

MOLL FLANDERS 

 

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PhotoVerio #1076: Outside My Gate

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PhotoVerio #1075: Outside My Window

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Once Again ... Quoting MARK TWAIN

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MARK TWAIN

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9 Or 11 ... Continues Here

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There comes a time

when you're

at the end

of your tether 

__________________

__________

 

 

9 of the last 11 days,

I 

have listened

to

IT'S A SHAME

by

MONIE LOVE 

 

 

The song

moves me

in ways

I 

didn't think

existed

but

the shock value

herein

is

no one

within

911 feet

of

my residence

has a lower tolerance

of

rap music

than does

Oliverio

__________________

__________

I hope he likes

sad songs,

he's gonna 

hum one

 

 

 

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may have

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advert 

 

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PhotoVerio #1074: Party Animal

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How I Lost A Valuable "Friend"

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He

 is 

a Long Beach resident 

who taught Math

at the same school

as me

 

He

helped me become

a proud

Starbucks 

junkie

[and a constant reader] 

 

We 

jogged/walked

at least

500 miles

 

 

Discussing 

almost as many

books/authors

 

He 

retired 

fifteen years

after I did 

_____________

________

 

 

We will call 

this "friend" 

X

and the student

who told the story

was 

Y

________

_____

 

X

was 

teaching something

about

congruent triangles

but 

found it impossible

to make the students 

understand it 

 

Y

was a former student 

of Oliverio

whose friend

Z

was in that class 

 

 

Z 

suggested a 

"shortcut"

learned 

from Oliverio

 

The entire class 

applauded

louldly

________

_____ 

 

X

has managed

to avoid 

Oliverio

ever since

  

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Neither STOP SIGN Nor SARTRE SEQUEL

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Birds Of Paradise On Sunny Goodge Street

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advert  

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Formerly Known As Jefferon High School In Los Angeles

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Never

—in its treasured history—

was there  a  student

more beautiful

than 

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE

She passed away 61 years ago, this week 

 

 

The school

is presently known as

BOONDOGGLE

High School

where a select few

are getting wealthier

with every breath

but

student math scores

are less than

ten percent 

 

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Twenty-Three Mormons ... Add Your Own Visual

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23 Mormons

in 

a 

large parking lot

 

were flexing 

their 

door-knocking skills

on random

car windows

 

Often,

profanity 

—or semi-naked teenagers–

greeted

this nuisance squad

 

But

one of the 

Mormon leaders

had overdosed

on

Milk of Magnesia

 

Instead of

"Repent," 

 

  this Mormon 

 told people to 

"Repaint"

:::

"Repaint"

 :::

"Repaint"

_________

_____ 

 

The following week,

HOME DEPOT

offered  Mormons

a 

20 Percent discount 

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