MARGARET ATWOOD Poem = The First Verses + Link

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A Visit

 

Gone are the days

when you could walk on water.

when you could walk.

 

The days are gone.

Only one day remains.

The one you're in.

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MARGARET ATWOOD

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POETRY ... Inspired By The New York Times

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The

suave and fated freak

was never meek

—loudly—

did he speak

—non-stop— 

until 

he met

HER

 

Then 

he froze instantly:

inspiring the statue

of 

a 

Geek

***

 

© Paul Oliverio ©

 

 

Inspired by 

1/26/26 Wordle

with 

my three-step solution

being the second line

above 

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Ask Your Doctor ...

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Ask your doctor

where he (she)

attended 

Medical School

 

When they say 

"MIAI"

 

You ask what 

the initials are for

and they tell you 

Medical Institute

of

Artificial Intelligence

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__________ 

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We are constantly 

reminded

of the invaluable need

for 

artificial intelligence

 

But 

 no one nowhere

knew 

they had their own 

medical school

 

However, 

it is easier and safer 

to be a believer

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__________ 

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THEN

ask this doctor

to describe the 

newest and boldest

advance in modern medicine

 

If 

he/she

does not say

minimazation of

malpractice suits,

that doctor 

is skirting pure fact

 

His or her allegiance to

the Hypocratic oath

of 

artificial intelligence

legally justifies

making statements

with 37 percent

[or less] 

actual truth

 

All doctors refusing

to sign that

hippocratic oath

are now

[or soon to be]

living luxuriously

in Poynesia

or Puerto Rico 

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Alter Ego #142857 

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PhotoVerio #988: In The Yellow Doghouse

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Boldly ... Hooda Helami Defines POETRY

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POETRY

is 

a gathering of words

in a manner

more beautiful

than 

the Gods intended

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HOODA HELAMI

Alter Ego #142857 

 

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PhotoVerio #987: One More Once

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Add Your Own Caption

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President Trump Is NOT Without Precedent ... Sic Sic Sic

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TOM PAXTON       1971

 

 

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PhotoVerio #986: Two Of Those [Sort Of]

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Bullet #224: The Easy Life

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Nothing

is easier

to reach for

than 

moral outrage 

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Footnote

THE 224rd BULLET

is 

the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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PhotoVerio #985: Six Of These

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The Wop, The Woman + The QB Who Said No To Harvard

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Five years ago,

if someone 

articulate + 

knowledgeable

about college sports

was told

"Indiana won 

the national football title"

 

The response would be

"Obviously you've 

got your sports confused"

 

BUT

the truth is 

Indiana did win the 2025

National Football Title 

 

An entire team

did all that was necessary

for that championship

but three people

were primarily responsible

 

READ ALL ABOUT THEM 

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ERIC CLAPTON Asks ... Two Questions

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And the ice creams

 are all melting 

on the streets 

of bloody beer
While the beggars 

stain the pavements

 with fluorescent 

Christmas cheer

And 

the Bentley-driving guru

 is putting up his price

Anyone for tennis? 

Wouldn't that be nice?

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CREAM

1968

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ROLAND TOPOR ... Two Of A Kind

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In The Immortal Words Of ELMORE JAMES

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"SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER"

  

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PhotoVerio #984: Andy Warhol's Friend Named ... Tom

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The Ultimate Milkman

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Yesterday,

banks and schools

were closed

and so was this blog

 

Despite 

his actual birthday

being January 15th,

its celebration this year

was January 19th

 

Of course

I am referring to

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate  

Martin Luther King

  

Quite arguably,

no American was 

more deserving

of the Prize 

than Mr. King

He received that prize

in 1964

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  In 1967, 

this high school senior

 was within hearing distance

of 

Riverside Church

when the 

Reverend Doctor King

delivered the speech 

which began with the words

  

A time comes

when silence is betrayal

  

The subject was Viet Nam

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In 1968, 

he was assassinated

 but the truth 

is 

we need

Martin Luther King 

more now

than ever before

*** 

 

© Oliverio ©

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BUT

if you click 

here,

you access 

countless images

of Mr. King

 

If only he could deliver

bottles of peace

and understanding

to every door

in America 

 

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DORKOLOGY 101 ... 😍 Love Of My High School Life 😍

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My parents loved,

tolerated

and feared me

BECAUSE

 

The love 

of my

high school life

 

was a woman

—not a girl—

 

and 

she wrote books

that simplified

all the 

math-hating 

mysteries

of the world

 

Her books

were carried around 

by me

—with biblical significance—

 

Her name is

MARY DOLCIANI

 

but she did not give me

wet dreams:

she gave me

wise schemes

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But my parents

loved the fact

that Mary was 

an Italian-American 

ALSO

–because of DORKOLOGY–

my copyright attorneys

are on high alert 

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CAUTION ... This Song Might Be Offensive

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Love is like a Nazi

love is like the Blues

the fuhrer you have

the fuhrer you lose

***

DANNY O'KEEFE

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More Than Eva Braun 

 

 

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CAUTION ... This Page May Be Offensive

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If hatred is not

a card in your deck

you're like the chess player

who never says "check"

 

BUT 

if you play it 

as the first card

you will lose hard

unless

it is a Trump card

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© Hooda Helami ©

Alter Ego #142857 

 

 

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The Ultimate Crossing Guard

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Appropriately, He died on a cross

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PhotoVerio #983: She Said A Mouthful

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And I can still smell

every word

 

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HOODA HELAMI's Eyes

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A riverboat is crossing

through my eyes

 

I will board it

below the belt

 

Then sit above 

sea level

and sing

Hallelujah

with the mariners

***

 

© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego #142857   

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PhotoVerio #982: Drinks On The House

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Entitled "Profile" But Don't Tell Her About It

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© Mrs. CarPeo ©

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The 223rd Bullet:Fidelity

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Fidelity in marriage

is like 

the golden ring

in the ring around

your bathtub 

 

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Footnote

THE 223rd BULLET

is 

the copyrighted property

of LCSoL

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PhotoVerio #981: Terminal Four Tops

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≈ Reach Out, We'll Be There ≈

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I Imbibed Heavily On JUNCTION BOULEVARD

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Cross town

and crossed out,

the message did get missed

 

Fake outs and found outs

when husbands

don't get kissed

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ROBERT KRAFT

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Stuck on Junction Boulevard

 

 

Between 

1969 + 1975, 

I was a regular patron

at  

O'Grady's Erie Bar

on Roosevelt Avenue

in Jackson Heights: 

well-within 

vomiting distance 

of  

Junction Boulevard

 

Getting drunk

was too easy

when the bar 

was owned

by my dear friend,

Kevin O'Grady 

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1 Verse From Song 1/100th As Popular As ... Eve Of Destruction

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It's a ficticious fact

when you fall on your back

you can backtrack failure

with inspection

(no exception)

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Barry McGuire

***** 

Sins Of A Family 

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BOTH THIS SONG

+ 

EVE OF DESTRUCTION

were written by

P.F. SLOAN

 

 

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PLEASE ... Don't Tell Her I Posted This Page

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While she was

an undergraduate, 

twenty students 

at Pratt Institute

[class of '67]

were offered a stipend 

if and only if 

their painting

was accepted by 

a non-denominational

church in 

Corona, NY

 

The church had budgeted

$300 for multiple purchases

but saved one-third

of that amount

by granting a stipend

for a single painting

 

The chosen student's

"married name" 

is liisted below

the winning creation:

 

© Mrs. CarPeo ©

The artist's 

birth name

is in 

the hyperlink 

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Timeless Quote From TCM Archives

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These words 

are spoken by

"Alison Drake"

an automobile manufacturer

brilliantly portrayed

by

Ruth Chatterton

in a 1933 film

entitled 

 FEMALE   

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The If-Then Poetry Of Hooda Helami

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If

we all worshipped

the same God

 

Then

all of us

should eat 

cod

 

As fishy as that

may sound,

Earth could be

a 3-D square

and not

round

 

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© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego #142857 

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Exceptions To Every Rule

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I will not dispute

anything stated here

BUT

it is not 100 percent true

BECAUSE

of the night 

a comedic non-entity

was allowed on stage

 

His routine was so horrid,

you could have heard

a pin drop

 

The non-entity

was allowed on stage 

because 

Rodney's business partner

—Anthony Bevacqua—

had a grandmother

who was 

my Grandmother's sister

 

Anthony 

allowed me on stage

only because

the "first love" of his life

—Grace Anastasio—

was his cousin

and the future Mother 

of 

this Frankenstein Monster

***

 

© Paul Oliverio ©  

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Where Speaking To Yourself Is Socially Acceptable

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 Speaking to yourself

while seated 

on this throne

—sometimes as a cheerleader—

may help 

the purpose for being there

be complete and satisfactory

with one flush

making it all 

disappear

 

 © Oliverio ©                     Italy, 2008

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JIMI HENDRIX Explains It Best

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PURPLE HAZE 

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