tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14324069834002742262024-03-05T01:18:54.346-08:00MY DOG ELVIS AND OTHER STORIESSTORIES,BEDTIME STORIES,AN OLD MAN;WALKING THE LINE WHILE SLEEPING WITH THE DEAD; A LITTLE BOY DYING IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOTHER, WAITING TO BE TAKEN; SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET; FISH DINNERS; POETRY WRITTEN FROM A CHILDS POINT OF VIEW; DIVORCE AND PAIN; GROWING UP AND GROWING OLD; DYING AND LIVING IN OUR WORLD.Robert Margettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320599253259718087noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432406983400274226.post-20609237622213295162020-11-09T08:02:00.000-08:002020-11-09T08:02:00.191-08:00HOMEMADE PERFUME<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKOfkfCSAsGVxAdNKKR2MZCpzjuZeqmcihJXgYTqrgpPyZYMi6gY4oOwJvU-75gvzYT-h3LnRx2hExZUlIEZ3nHoZyxT0WU0J15ZxIw2nY-dDRYyGNmSsshUNDxoVorqMEQiAu9MtcGP6/s3978/GHOSTS+AT+THE+APOLLO+IN+PLASTIC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3978" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKOfkfCSAsGVxAdNKKR2MZCpzjuZeqmcihJXgYTqrgpPyZYMi6gY4oOwJvU-75gvzYT-h3LnRx2hExZUlIEZ3nHoZyxT0WU0J15ZxIw2nY-dDRYyGNmSsshUNDxoVorqMEQiAu9MtcGP6/s320/GHOSTS+AT+THE+APOLLO+IN+PLASTIC.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">HOMADE PERFUME FOR MOMMY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Don’t have much money so
I’ll start from scratch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Grab the scissors and pick
open the kitchen latch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Can’t keep it locked or
asking for permission,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I’m a 7 year old chemist
determined to complete his mission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Just under the sink and
near the drain <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scents and fragrances to
tantalize my little brain.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blues</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> and </span></b><b><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">yellows</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">, </span></b><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purples
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and </span></b><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">reds</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bottles with triggers and plastic
heads.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Open containers filled with
Brillo pads for cleaning pans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bug sprays and shoe polish
in unmarked cans.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I start with the blue </span></b><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Windex</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> for that
great shine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Just two tablespoons or
perhaps nine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mix some green </span></b><b><span style="color: #385623; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Drano</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> for that
ageless soft skin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Shake it, roll it and make
it spin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">3 tablespoons of Pine-Sol
should enhance the flavor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A tonic so sweet your
mortician would savor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Just needs some color, some
</span></b><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">red</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> or some white<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">So I reach deep into the
cupboard and turn on the light.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In the back corner I grab
the bleach and begin to pour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Count from one to </span></b><b><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">two</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> to </span></b><b><span style="color: #385623; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">three</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> and to </span></b><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">four</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The perfume nearing
perfection<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Still needing that one
special ingredient to add to my collection<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">And then I spot some </span></b><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Viagra </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">next to a
can of Lard<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Might as well add some </span></b><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blue</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> to make
it nice and hard.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Odd that I would find this
expired bottle under the sink<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Because Daddy always hides
it in weird places as it turns his face a bright shinny </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pink.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The final elusive scent
just sitting in plain view<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sodium hydroxide, Boric
Acid or some modeling glue?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nah, not this time, those
ingredients can wait<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I need a pinch of Clorox to
make this perfume great<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The end is near, the elixir
almost done<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bottle it, cork it and
watch the fun.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It burps and gasps, foams
and shakes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Slushes around and congeals
like a butter cake<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Oh the </span></b><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">color</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> and that
smell so defined<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Like a gifted sommelier
inspecting my great wine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tis the gift for mother
this Christmas year<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p>
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Not a finer batch of
perfume cheer. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbE0VLXeAPPy8k9sqTP-2bEQ3AbVW6EozMTvOeJ_8SMgCARK26tk0a2jrp-_TwLOBBGV-RiPgnwuECsPZaJ1cDHAPd7JpIYzuKyIItWrRnSRtN6H2J_QUFenZZaBFZo74leF847596MUP/s4032/GASKETS+AND+GEARS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbE0VLXeAPPy8k9sqTP-2bEQ3AbVW6EozMTvOeJ_8SMgCARK26tk0a2jrp-_TwLOBBGV-RiPgnwuECsPZaJ1cDHAPd7JpIYzuKyIItWrRnSRtN6H2J_QUFenZZaBFZo74leF847596MUP/s320/GASKETS+AND+GEARS.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Margettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320599253259718087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432406983400274226.post-34886702108744581872020-11-09T07:57:00.003-08:002020-11-09T07:57:30.807-08:00MY ONE INCH LITTLE HORN<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQECMl-RYFiQBWhjIccfTyTlucWY1loYEPknRI9q4xv43RrDL13W7J_imcUs5895nkGwQa4WL2fFwToOkixsLsUWCxMrYCJ0pMhm2vB_XH5y4QKT04zeJgTNk6t-wDWIW0wqmxKCJcy51/s3948/JOHN+316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3948" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQECMl-RYFiQBWhjIccfTyTlucWY1loYEPknRI9q4xv43RrDL13W7J_imcUs5895nkGwQa4WL2fFwToOkixsLsUWCxMrYCJ0pMhm2vB_XH5y4QKT04zeJgTNk6t-wDWIW0wqmxKCJcy51/s320/JOHN+316.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">MY ONE INCH FRIEND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I came into life<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">And many said it was so
cute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">At age three it resembled a
pan flute.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">At age ten it grew in </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Nightclub BTN",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">shape and
direction</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">And many said happiness
would come from it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">And sure to truth <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In show and tell it was a
hit.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nearing fifteen it sprang
to life<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Whenever teacher flashed
her slip<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">My balls rubbed my rod and
did a flip.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now at age 50 and battles
won<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The mighty poker slithered
in my jeans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">And if my wife can wake the
dead,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">That’s a mystery still to
be seen.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">As an octogenarian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">My mighty beast lay in
hibernation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Too small and too tired<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">For some friendly
masturbation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dead in a hole,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">My wicked pecker as small
and withered as the day I was born.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The formaldehyde flowing
through my veins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p>
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tum.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Oh look here<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">What do you know<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Only 3 more nails to go.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Nibble, nibble<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Chew, chew<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial Black", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Alas no more<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p>
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mad as yet</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b2000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the day I flushed the
dead hamster down the toilet.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #001000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her face contorted from a
beloved mother into a rat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b01600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and I feared retaliation
from old sparky, the baseball bat.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b01132; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Get me the
plunger," she did demand</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #006005; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and quick as the
roadrunner it was in her hand.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #001008; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The other end if
you don't mind"</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b0180; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This is to unplug
from behind!"</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b0110; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And a plunging and a
pushing she set to work</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #001001; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a clank, bash, dink, and
a quirk.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #001001; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All the plunging
lodged </span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lucky </span></b><b><span style="color: #001001; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">further into the drain.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b0110; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Get me a bulldozer,
a plumber, or a crane!"</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #0b0110; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We have none of the
above," I said.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Another peep out of
you and I'll use your head!"</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b08300; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And grabbing the pliers
she started to turn</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #006000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The pipe gurgled, burped,
and churned.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b09600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Water burst from every
leak</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #006000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mother got soaked from
head to feet.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #006000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A giggle itched deep in
my belly</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b09600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rolling, turning,
bumbling like green jelly.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b09600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mad as a bee mom grabbed
for a knife.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Keep laughing and
you'll be grounded for life!"</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #006000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She thrust the cleaver
into the bowl</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b09600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for one valiant attempt
to dislodge </span></b><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lucky</span></b><b><span style="color: #b09600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> from the hole.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #006000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"I give up,"
screamed mother!!!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b09600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Where's the yellow
pages, I need a plumber!"</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKjcquQX7FVC7o4W0M_CAhtDoaLkAV_eSUd7ZjqNhEMFfrV49rvbDqCPnV0UO49KhyphenhypheniWABkC6tr7PysObc5MEIHOixNK4k6CcE-O9p8njvFg8wo-a9QCfTqP5ysGPpDX_389UGeHgfokR/s4032/SMASH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKjcquQX7FVC7o4W0M_CAhtDoaLkAV_eSUd7ZjqNhEMFfrV49rvbDqCPnV0UO49KhyphenhypheniWABkC6tr7PysObc5MEIHOixNK4k6CcE-O9p8njvFg8wo-a9QCfTqP5ysGPpDX_389UGeHgfokR/s320/SMASH.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Margettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320599253259718087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432406983400274226.post-40677365991361418332020-11-09T07:48:00.001-08:002020-11-09T07:48:09.516-08:00BILLY THE BULLY<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCBzs2Tc1jIrxxVmDMB5FA-4JHi9x4tvO8LxQsnh4Tc0cVv62frlR7e1wM0MmHeuail0eYo6BSRxYwvJrdf07YhyRv_-Ie6d4xaI-UoYlW-veeChw22BLzq0R95Sl4zd9Qi7W2Elrir2T/s4032/THE+AZTEC+EYE+IN+THE+SKY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCBzs2Tc1jIrxxVmDMB5FA-4JHi9x4tvO8LxQsnh4Tc0cVv62frlR7e1wM0MmHeuail0eYo6BSRxYwvJrdf07YhyRv_-Ie6d4xaI-UoYlW-veeChw22BLzq0R95Sl4zd9Qi7W2Elrir2T/s320/THE+AZTEC+EYE+IN+THE+SKY.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">BILLY THE BULLY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Billy the bully lived on my
street</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and when in need of money</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">he would hang me upside
down from my feet.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He took my money and beat
me until I was blue</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and he would laugh and
snort</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and glue my hands to my
ears with monkey glue.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I would tell my mother, but
what could she do?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">She would call Billy the
bully on the phone</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and threaten to sue.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This lasted till I reached the
age of ten</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">when Patsy the pusher moved
onto our block</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and put Billy the bully's
reign of terror to an end.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">At the innocent age of ten
and weighing close to 120 stone</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">6 foot 3 and mean as a
bobcat</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">she proceeded to break
Billy's foot bone.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">And I being quick to take
advantage of my luck</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">befriended her</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">married her</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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stuck.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP-ubEzFNCvLDauUemRCp-o5rYnuRFwTkJFCqhtJ5T3Xipn0ITYLwWf1ZdjLIZJalFnyuJQWm8CjrxlmMIMJAqhbQt4QPlNqetO7k24TbEsy18vlriJgTPxKSaUOpX4NqnUKaBK-I1d88/s3840/BOOM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="3840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP-ubEzFNCvLDauUemRCp-o5rYnuRFwTkJFCqhtJ5T3Xipn0ITYLwWf1ZdjLIZJalFnyuJQWm8CjrxlmMIMJAqhbQt4QPlNqetO7k24TbEsy18vlriJgTPxKSaUOpX4NqnUKaBK-I1d88/s320/BOOM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">WWW.ROBERTMARGETTS.COM</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Margettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320599253259718087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432406983400274226.post-65825936099873439972020-11-09T07:45:00.001-08:002020-11-09T07:45:15.953-08:00dragon with the green thumb<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4Q9Mh3TMR8AOcoey3gAXKAyeHUh_bAUH0rqMgznU8zAfOe6WvDxRyHUTEwXuHQcHC-qapTfEVm1cThnYEHFjRq_JShHUnpEieu_qme3u7N9HnOsaltF9MFBDzcclaAo8-nyi6YFamJH-/s4032/BICYCLING+THROUGH+HAIGHT+ASHBURY+IN+1969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4Q9Mh3TMR8AOcoey3gAXKAyeHUh_bAUH0rqMgznU8zAfOe6WvDxRyHUTEwXuHQcHC-qapTfEVm1cThnYEHFjRq_JShHUnpEieu_qme3u7N9HnOsaltF9MFBDzcclaAo8-nyi6YFamJH-/s320/BICYCLING+THROUGH+HAIGHT+ASHBURY+IN+1969.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;">(Bicycling Through Haight Ashbury in 1969 by Robert Margetts)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #001001; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DRAGON WITH A GREEN THUMB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #001001; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b01100; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pot the Spruce</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #007670; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">trim the Pines</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000111; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crush...stomp....Down to
nine.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000023; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Edge the grass</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000035; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">water the dates</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000053; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wham..crash...Alas just
eight.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000013; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fan the willows</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000019; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and clip the tulips</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000025; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whoosh...thrash. 7
down to six.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000055; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hoe the maples</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000085; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and de-flea the dogwoods</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000013; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bounce...bump. Five
to four.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000019; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Soon to be no more..</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000037; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pick the carnations</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000055; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and fluff the roses</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000085; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Squash...splat.
Down to one.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000013; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The dragon may have
the </span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">green thumb</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but all the girls giggle
at his</span></b><b><span style="color: #000019; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> black and </span></b><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blue</span></b><b><span style="color: #000019; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> bum!!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyniODJyP_hmds1z87c6uG6dznlVm2cnTsKtX9O-Yp-ufuQHGRxVkHebYIPeiYI60rMS62TXhPpSr7n0o5nDI5xEZN1UHSAHXP1N-3IAuN2nEIEcTs_ZjoKEL61YX5dhxiXZFr0qJ0GNL/s4032/CIRCLE+OF+LOVE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyniODJyP_hmds1z87c6uG6dznlVm2cnTsKtX9O-Yp-ufuQHGRxVkHebYIPeiYI60rMS62TXhPpSr7n0o5nDI5xEZN1UHSAHXP1N-3IAuN2nEIEcTs_ZjoKEL61YX5dhxiXZFr0qJ0GNL/s320/CIRCLE+OF+LOVE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Margettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320599253259718087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432406983400274226.post-63729265534023471312020-11-09T07:40:00.001-08:002020-11-09T07:40:30.031-08:00The Chopping Block<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB94YzNMLEWfCMcbMsYTb4SUIlr9vUHHGBsdh_Loc2Ec7newOdRQCwnGuxnxB8O2_mIKNBXO9NGW_hKQW2XvLSxnKdHAmGJdWtkcmcGUu_xini250CJLIkkry88C64iY4KR0tw6vBo3VpF/s4032/THE+TIME+MACHINE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB94YzNMLEWfCMcbMsYTb4SUIlr9vUHHGBsdh_Loc2Ec7newOdRQCwnGuxnxB8O2_mIKNBXO9NGW_hKQW2XvLSxnKdHAmGJdWtkcmcGUu_xini250CJLIkkry88C64iY4KR0tw6vBo3VpF/s320/THE+TIME+MACHINE.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><i>(The Time Machine by Robert Margetts)</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>www.robertmargetts.com</b></p><p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">THE
CHOPPING BLOCK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #001000; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A blacksmith's anvil</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b01600; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">an editors splicing playground.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #007620; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The guillotine and the basket</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b01132; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">befall the head of the cock.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; 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margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b0180; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and drain the virus from the rock.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b0110; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The callused palm of a wanton girl</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ever pulsating</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">never relenting</span><span style="color: #0b0110; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #001001; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; 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</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #001001; font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as one life came to an end.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuEoQNIPS_qFkigmMX75QeX86IUtkdGmEkboUrkeXkNku1O0TWcn6GlPLeKFckUK3lkrf82QZbFfR2OADirCpcgnd0as4G-mbK5xM3kRhYfbXJd4Xn4gNheQ-FyqXc4SXvm4jEoLtkvi8/s4032/BUG+EYES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuEoQNIPS_qFkigmMX75QeX86IUtkdGmEkboUrkeXkNku1O0TWcn6GlPLeKFckUK3lkrf82QZbFfR2OADirCpcgnd0as4G-mbK5xM3kRhYfbXJd4Xn4gNheQ-FyqXc4SXvm4jEoLtkvi8/s320/BUG+EYES.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Margettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320599253259718087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432406983400274226.post-48095370535941106352020-11-09T07:35:00.008-08:002021-11-22T07:58:56.286-08:00BOOGERS FROM HEAVEN, KIDS PICKING THEIR NOSES, DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6joDEa09EcOOD2NeYJ4DODbxeNuV9kBWsM1TWgk0LsVS-teLcSQmh3EBTuP-_7wd32doKB6YHWIZ4Pj4Ol64_-bd_brcuCvD0ccpAE36tLJFDB41COKZx92hqiV_dHF769EATw11INOUz/s4032/BAM+BAM+BAM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6joDEa09EcOOD2NeYJ4DODbxeNuV9kBWsM1TWgk0LsVS-teLcSQmh3EBTuP-_7wd32doKB6YHWIZ4Pj4Ol64_-bd_brcuCvD0ccpAE36tLJFDB41COKZx92hqiV_dHF769EATw11INOUz/s320/BAM+BAM+BAM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #073763;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(the bat signals by Robert Margetts)</i></div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>(wrote this one about a little boy fishing for goodies)</i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">BOOGERS
FROM HEAVEN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Lickety
lick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Picket
pick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Ram
that tiny finger up the hole<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And
grab that delectable sushi role<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="color: #385623; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><b>Green and gooey</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Tasty
and chewy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">No
rhyme or reason<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
just picking season<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Hold
that booger high in the air<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Twirl
it between the fingers and rub it on the chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s
a treasure trove, an endless pot<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">A
cornucopia of delicious snot<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Open
wide and tilt head back<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Here
comes some salty crap<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Black",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Not
the first and definitely not the last bite tonight<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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got two nostrils, one on the left and one on the right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtiKvEFz1KV7S_JNwe8X28PbzXDD0NkRfguLm_owgYgjZM2O_FsXdXLj7keQbmOd4eFjiDPGq4kIouScoL_z_RkU51-mG228cO3Hoqiois7xwuNT2d1OGpKZfU-s6y1J854PsKIkWXY88/s4032/BAM+BAM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtiKvEFz1KV7S_JNwe8X28PbzXDD0NkRfguLm_owgYgjZM2O_FsXdXLj7keQbmOd4eFjiDPGq4kIouScoL_z_RkU51-mG228cO3Hoqiois7xwuNT2d1OGpKZfU-s6y1J854PsKIkWXY88/s320/BAM+BAM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Robert Margettshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320599253259718087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432406983400274226.post-59625286391972189852018-04-03T11:25:00.002-07:002018-04-03T11:25:55.087-07:00ARE WE THERE YET<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">by an octogenarian, a dying symbol of fertility.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000053; font-size: large;">Wham..crash...Alas just eight.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000019; font-size: large;">and clip the tulips</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000025; font-size: large;">Whoosh...thrash. 7 down to six.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000055; font-size: large;">Hoe the maples</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000085; font-size: large;">and de-flea the dogwoods</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000013; font-size: large;">Bounce...bump. Five to four.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000019; font-size: large;">Soon to be no more..</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000085; font-size: large;">Squash...splat. Down to one.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #001001; font-size: large;">at me in his zany youthful flight.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b0110; font-size: large;">It's a time of presents, love and <span style="color: #274e13;">genuine cheer</span>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Billy the bully lived on my street</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and when in need of money</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">he would hang me upside down from my feet.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">He took my money and beat me until I was blue</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and he would laugh and snort</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and glue my hands to my ears with monkey glue.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I would tell my mother, but what could she do?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">She would call Billy the bully on the phone</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">This lasted till I reached the age of ten</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">when Patsy the pusher moved onto our block</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and put Billy the bully's reign of terror to an end.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">At the innocent age of ten and weighing close to 120 stone</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">she proceeded to break Billy's foot bone.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And I being quick to take advantage of my luck</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b2000; font-size: large;">the day I flushed the dead hamster down the toilet.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #006005; font-size: large;">and quick as the roadrunner it was in her hand.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #001008; font-size: large;">"The other end if you don't mind"</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b0180; font-size: large;">"This is to unplug from behind!"</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b0110; font-size: large;">And a plunging and a pushing she set to work</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #001001; font-size: large;">a clank, bash, dink, and a quirk.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #001001; font-size: large;">All the plunging lodged <span style="color: #cc0000;">Lucky </span>further into the drain.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b0110; font-size: large;">"Get me a bulldozer, a plumber, or a crane!"</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b0110; font-size: large;">"We have none of the above," I said.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">"Another peep out of you and I'll use your head!"</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b08300; font-size: large;">And grabbing the pliers she started to turn</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #006000; font-size: large;">The pipe gurgled, burped, and churned.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b09600; font-size: large;">Water burst from every leak</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #006000; font-size: large;">Mother got soaked from head to feet.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #006000; font-size: large;">A giggle itched deep in my belly</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b09600; font-size: large;">rolling, turning, bumbling like green jelly.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b09600; font-size: large;">Mad as a bee mom grabbed for a knife.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"Keep laughing and you'll be grounded for life!"</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #006000; font-size: large;">She thrust the cleaver into the bowl</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b09600; font-size: large;">for one valiant attempt to dislodge <span style="color: #990000;">Lucky</span> from the hole.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #006000; font-size: large;">"I give up," screamed mother!!!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b09600; font-size: large;">"Where's the yellow pages, I need a plumber!"</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #000011; font-size: large;"><b>a friend in need is there till the end.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000017; font-size: large;"><b>I'll stand by your side and hold your hand</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000023; font-size: large;"><b>buy you flowers and dream of you in a distant land.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000019; font-size: large;"><b>When I wake and get judged by The Man</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000025; font-size: large;"><b>I hope you will stand tall for me and touch my hand.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000037; font-size: large;"><b>For a true friend is there in the beginning</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b09600; font-size: x-large;">Oooooh what is that pain?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #006000; font-size: x-large;">It starts in my back</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b09600; font-size: x-large;">and spreads throughout my little frame.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b09600; font-size: x-large;">I yell, plead and start to cry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #006000; font-size: x-large;">Stop, stop, before I die!!!!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Flue time</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">not feeling too good</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Mite </span><span style="font-size: large;">need a doctor</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">for a needle shot</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe some </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">pepacillin</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Don't like it much</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">But what can I do</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I'm just a 5 year old with the <span style="color: red;">flew</span>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i>(written through the eyes of a 5 year old boy)</i></span></b></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: blue;">(Bond Is Back, by robert margetts)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My brother Burt was speeding around the house</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">on his new tricycle</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">so, I gave him a ticket for reckless driving</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and another ticket for not wearing his seatbelt.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">He claimed racial profiling</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and sexual harassment</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and proceeded to punch me in the nose.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">I gave him another ticket for salt and butter,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">but he tore it up in my face</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and raced back off into the living room.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">An hour later I walked into the kitchen</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and saw him playing with my Monopoly game.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">I yelled for him to stop,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">place both hand behind his head, </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and back slowly away from the box.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">Burt smiled back at me and said it was his,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and that he had claimed imminent Domain over my property.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">He didn't stick around to argue semantics,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">or defecation of character.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">All I know is that he smelled</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and he looked mighty stupid in the eyes of the law.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">Burt just flung up his fists and warned me</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">about his right to bear arms</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and these were the two he was going to use on me</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">if I didn't stop harassing him.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">My sister Lonnie was playing in the other room</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">with her new Barbie Doll,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">not paying any attention to either of us.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">Burt walked into the room,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">grabbed Barbie by her torso,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">broke her in half</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and said she no longer had a leg to stand on.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">He chucked to himself</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and handed the wounded doll back to Lonnie.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">gave him the right to choose between </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">the pursuit of happiness for everyone in this house,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">he could damn well do as he pleased.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">And, if he wanted to break some bones</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">or if he wanted to take what was not his, </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">then so be it.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">The law protected him from unlawful seach and seizure</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and the law afforded him the right to bare false </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">witness against his neighbor.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">Yes sir, Row Versus Wade made that blatantly clear</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and for Burt, it could be no clearer than that.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">For Burt was heading to law school</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">just as soon as he finished third grade</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">I told him that he was dead wrong</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and that it was Brown versus The School Board decision</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">that endowed us with certain unalienable rights</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">of life, puberty, and the pursuit of happiness.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">And, if he wanted to argue the facts of the law,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">I would be more than happy to ask Mommy to be the judge and jury.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">Burt just smiled</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">gave me the finger</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">and said, </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia";">"you win, dude"</span></strong></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue;">(painting by Robert Margetts)</span></em></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>Through the archways they did come</strong></span></div>
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<strong>through the millennium of time</strong></div>
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<strong>from Khan to Hitler</strong><br />
<strong>from John Wilkes Booth</strong><br />
<strong> to James Earl Ray</strong></div>
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<strong>From the bronze era</strong><br />
<strong> to the atomic era</strong><br />
<strong>to the nuclear era</strong></div>
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<strong>each bearing his own form of hardened steel</strong></div>
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<strong>Pride, honor and vengeance </strong></div>
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<strong>Distrust, loathing and power</strong></div>
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<strong>Evil and corruption</strong></div>
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<strong>filled the damp granite halls</strong></div>
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<strong>as the soldiers of time trampled upon the rustic cobblestones</strong></div>
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<strong>in their sullied boots</strong></div>
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<strong>A nod of recognition here</strong></div>
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<strong>a shove and a scowl there</strong></div>
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<strong>they clutched to their insidious weapons</strong></div>
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<strong>like starve ridden babies clinging to a full breast.</strong></div>
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<strong>Maidens bustled in tight corsets</strong></div>
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<strong>swayed to the rhythmic tones</strong></div>
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<strong>that bubbled from their flutes.</strong></div>
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<strong>The soldiers of time</strong> </div>
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<strong>stood to attention</strong></div>
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<strong>awed by these ladies of the night.</strong></div>
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<strong>These soft creatures dressed in white</strong></div>
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<strong>so pure of hatred</strong></div>
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<strong>and so innocent of crime.</strong></div>
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<strong>With hungry eyes and scarred lips</strong></div>
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<strong>did so desire to fill their needs</strong></div>
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<strong>The few sober took to the ale</strong></div>
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<strong>The first to fall,</strong></div>
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<strong>the gallant knight</strong><br />
<strong> entombed in his dented armor</strong></div>
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<strong>He lowered his nail studded mace</strong></div>
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<strong>and let it fall deep into the hungry moat</strong></div>
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<strong>Pride and deceit vanished </strong></div>
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<strong>deep into the silty mud</strong></div>
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<strong>To the seeker of the Holy Grail</strong></div>
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<strong>forgiveness from the boy Ward.</strong></div>
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<strong>In the house of Arthur, the knight was reborn.</strong></div>
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<strong>The cowboy nodded to the knight,</strong></div>
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<strong>holstered his pistol </strong><br />
<strong>removed his belt</strong></div>
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<strong>were quickly hammered into the form of a horseshoe.</strong></div>
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<strong>Billy The Kid doffed his dusty cap</strong></div>
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<strong>and extended the hand of truce,</strong></div>
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<strong>And for the first time</strong></div>
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<strong>he shook the hand of the sheriff</strong></div>
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<strong>And he too was reborn that day,</strong></div>
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<strong>The musketeer watching from afar</strong></div>
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<strong>dropped his bloodstained foil</strong></div>
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<strong>With a clank upon the courtyard stones</strong></div>
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<strong>revenge tricked from his murderous blade</strong></div>
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<strong>The fanning weeds</strong></div>
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<strong>that fought for space between the crevices</strong></div>
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<strong>licked the sanguine weapon clean of hate</strong><br />
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<strong>For the first time in 100 years</strong><br />
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<strong> And Montague</strong><br />
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<strong> Hiding in the dark alcove</strong></div>
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<strong>near the winding stairs stood the most evil,</strong></div>
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<strong>the most powerful and sinister of creation past.</strong></div>
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<strong>Clutched in his rawboned fist</strong></div>
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<strong>Stupidity and hypocrisy tucked in his back pocket</strong></div>
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<strong>Too weak</strong></div>
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<strong>Too tired</strong></div>
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<strong>He opened his bony hand and dropped the hideous vial into the moat</strong></div>
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<strong>Bending down to his knees</strong></div>
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<strong>he did cry</strong></div>
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<strong>Einstein was reborn</strong></div>
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<strong>And for the first time, </strong></div>
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<strong>since the Seventh day of creation</strong></div>
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<strong>The creator of dust</strong></div>
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<strong>and the maker of steel was happy</strong><br />
<strong>for in eleventh hour of the day</strong></div>
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<strong>his faith in humans, </strong></div>
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<strong>was reborn. </strong></div>
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<strong>And he cried</strong><br />
<strong>and he cried</strong><br />
<strong>for all his children.</strong><br />
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The dome in Hiroshima, Japan. It was one of the very few building that survived the Atomic bomb. (I took this picture back in April of 1885) <br />
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<strong>Cry for my pain</strong></div>
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<strong>Crawl with my severed leg</strong></div>
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<strong>Learn from my dry lips</strong></div>
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<strong>This is the ballad of our future</strong></div>
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<strong>We are to blame,</strong></div>
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<u><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>FORGOTTEN TIMES</strong></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><em>Texas Bull</em></span><br />
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<b>When you no longer have feelings</b></div>
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<b>and you slow dance alone</b></div>
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<b>And time canters by as the last</b></div>
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<b>unicorn fades into the future,</b></div>
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<b>carrying with him a new maiden</b></div>
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<b>When you no longer need to be touched</b></div>
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<b>or hear Romeo’s unspoken words</b></div>
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<b>When your tears rain in twilight memories</b></div>
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<b>the loved ones that your left behind.</b></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;"><strong>A PEANUT BUTTER FROG SANDWICH</strong></span></u></div>
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<em><span style="color: blue;">painting by Robert Margetts</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">(and not very good at that!!!)</span></em></div>
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<b>Froggy, froggy, you look so glum</b></div>
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<b>With crunchy peanut butter on your bum</b></div>
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<b>Hidden inside two pieces of bread</b></div>
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<b>Grape jelly dripping down your head</b></div>
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<b>Not so good, not so fun</b></div>
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