Variation On A Theme

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© PhotoVerio #1027.5

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PhotoVerio # 1027: CAT-e-Chism

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© Oliverio

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My Second-Most Favorite Piece Of Spiritual Music ...

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My second-most favorite piece 

of Spiritual Music

has nothing to do

with tranquility:

it has everything to do

with 

HARLEM

where I first heard it

in a jukebox

across the street

from where

I received

my first paycheck

as a teacher

+

where my father's family

first lived

in New York

 

The song is

Go Up Moses

by

Roberta Flack 

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Please Don't Take This The Wrong Way ...

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I am a 

card-carrying Catholic

but the church music

leaves me cold

with constant reminders

of

eternal damnation

 

To give me 

a sense of tranquility,

I prefer this chant

without any desire

to share the beliefs

of the chanters

The source of this chant

is a liquor store

from which

I have never purchased

an ounce of alcohol

BUT

I deposit money

in the tip cup

just to

hear the chant
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I Can Hear It Breathing

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© PhotoVerio #1026.5

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PhotoVerio #1026: Shadowed Bicycle

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© Oliverio ©

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Last Night, There Was An ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ...

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???

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PhotoVerio #1025: MISTER BIGSHOT

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© Oliverio ©

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Sally, Sara, Stella Or Sheila?

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Which 

of the Scribble Sisters

created this image?

 

 Maybe Sara 

   Maybe Stella 

   Maybe Sheila

But probably not Sally:

She was too busy

"Going 'Round The Roses"

and 

talking to 

Dick Clark

and 

dating 

"The Killer"

 

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Personally,

I don't care which sister

is the responsible artist

because

I hold the copyright

to the artwork

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  ©©©  

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Three-RING Circus ... With One Impersonator

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The real 

RING LARDNER

was successful enough

to have 

a baseball field

in his backyard

 

The real

RING LARDNER Jr.

gave the world

M*A*S*H

 

The impersonator

was 

a high school student

disguised as

RING LARDNER Jr.

 

His mother 

was

Grace Hall Hemingway

 

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 M*A*S*H

links to a book 

designed by

Mrs. CarPeo

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THE FAR SIDE Of Superman + My Grandfather

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GARY LARSON

 

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If 

The Everly Brothers

could afford 

Joe Anastasio,

certainly journalist

Clark Kent

could have done

the same thing  

 

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HEMINGWAY On The Rocks

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 Most fiction writers

create literature

in their 

heart + soul

but not 

Ernest Hemingway.

 

He used 

Coca Cola 

drinking money

in Las Vegas: 

 

He bet he could

repeat himself

1001 times

but 

still be regarded as

"The Real Thing"

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The professor

quoted prefers anonymity

because she did not want to

jeopardize her job at 

PRATT INSTITUTE 

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PhotoVerio #1024: Amoeba Family Portrait

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 Dedicated to Whitey Birch 

© Oliverio

 

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Abra-Ca-Da-Bra

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It's The Real Thing

©   PhotoVerio #1023.5   © 

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PhotoVerio #1023: Jackson Pollack + Club Soda

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Possibly,

the club soda

was spiked with

Clorox

+

one unbleached

leafy comma 

 

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IF And Only IF

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IF

all missile launchers

looked like this

THEN

think 

≈What a wonderful world≈

≈this would be≈

 

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The Sam Cooke link

has 

a deleteable advert

and 

this page is entitled

©PhotoVerio #1022.5

   

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PhotoVerio #1022: Don't Look Here

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© Oliverio ©

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We Interrupt This Beatles' Broadcast To Bring You ...

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Midnight

on 

Orange Avenue

 

a/k/a

 

© PhotoVerio #1021 ©

 

©The Barry Kenny Garden©

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Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9 ... PAGE FIVE

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Everything 

made of wood

was once

a tree

 

COUSIN JOE
 

 

If this song

doesn't make you

think extra thoughts,

see a doctor

immediately 

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And 

Beware of 

deleteable advert

introducing

Cousin Joe 

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Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9 ... PAGE FOUR

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Whenever George taught us

a new chord,

we wrote another song

 

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HUNTER DAVIES

Quoting Lennon or McCartney

 in

The Only 

Authorized 

Biography

Ever Written

About The Beatles

 

 

There are 

one million and one

books about the Beatles

but only one was written

with their 

absolute approval   

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Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9 ... PAGE THREE

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Father forgive me

but 

I 

PROUDLY

confess

that my 

shoplifting talents

are still

very much 

alive and well

 

BUT

none of anyone's 

possessions

are threatened

if 

the owners treat me

with

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

 

At an early age,

my Shoplifting skills

were developed at the

Special House In Tuckahoe

(commonly known as the Shithouse)

 

Unless Reese's Pieces

quadruples in price,

my shoplifting dollar value

will not exceed

$10

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There may be a deleteable advert 

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Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9 ... PAGE TWO

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She 

Could 

Have 

 Danced 

All Night 

Plastic Fantastic Lover

 

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Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9 ...

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*** 

Some kind of innocence

is measured out 

in years

 

You don't know 

what it's like

to listen to 

 your fears

 

Some kind of solitude

is measured out

in you

 

You think you

know me

but you haven't

got a clue

 

The Beatles

  Hey Bulldog 

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Hyperlink has deleteable advert    

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I've Never Been So Blue ...

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I've never been 

so blue

since 

I last saw you

in 

that real estate

office

 

I made you laugh

so loud

you ignored

Mr. Fatwad

and 

gave your soul 

to me 

 

Your open mouth

sucked me into

that open house

but you recovered

from that 

dose of me 

and

disappeared 

 

That open house

 has now been 

sold

  

I never felt

 this old 

 

© PhotoVerio #1020.5

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This Is Very Hard To Believe

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The Grand Hotel in Milan

is very exclusive

 

I combed through

hundreds of its images

and not one

features

the roaring lion

in the courtyard

 

But I think I know why:

 

I photographed it 

in 2008

and immediately

received a text

from the hotel

asking if

I'd let them post it

but 

I said NO

because they would not

pay me for doing so

 

You lucky readers

get to see it for free

!!!

 

© Oliverio ©           3x

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PhotoVerio #1020: Nature's Roulette Wheel

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© Oliverio

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Once Upon A Time ...

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Abstract Art

was 

a 

natural thing

 

© PhotoVerio #1019.5

 

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PhotoVerio #1019: Humpbacked Sand

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© Oliverio

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Amanda Will Get A Free Ride ... In Her Wagon Of Choice

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© PhotoVerio #1018.5

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Don't Know What It Is ... But I Like It

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Artist Unknown

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Regarding My Elephantine Ego

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I have 

 83 percent GENIUS

status 

on the

NYTimes Spelling Bee

+

99th percentile status

on

WORDLE

 

+

200 percent pride status

for doing so

 

Despite appearances,

both 

"NYTimes Spelling Bee"

+

"WORDLE"

are 

hyperlinked 

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PhotoVerio #1018: Stop Lights

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© Oliverio ©

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HOODA HELAMI Poem: Stained Glass Widows

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Stained glass widows

with tear-stained eyes

pass the test

as their beloved

is put to rest 

 

Memories float

in their head

mourning the 

recent dead 

 

But when alive

they did arrive

across the land

hand-in-hand

full of glee 

 

Head-held high

they filled the sky

with family

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HOODA HELAMI

Alter Ego #142857

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Quoting A Patient Of Dr. Rorschach

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"I didn't know

ink blots 

could be

such great

dancers" 

 

© Oliverio ©

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