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Almost anywhere
you want to go, there's a bug
on the car bonnet
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On the car bonnet,
or on the hood so to speak,
crooked antenna.
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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crooked antenna
within the reach of vandals
in Summer sandals
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Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:15 am

In summer sandals
Franks, Goths, Vandals and Huns dance
with Attila's girls
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With Attilla's Girls,
matchbarbarians.com
great place to find chicks.
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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great place to find chicks -
a Simon and Garfunkel
concert in the rain.


(or so my uncle would say....)
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Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:33 pm

concert in the rain
mud and money down the drain
air on a G string
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air on a g-string,
that would be underwear here,
small, breezy panties
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:39 am

small, breezy panties
makes her feel so young again
next she'll try a thong
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next she'll try a thong
I hope sheethe a good thinger -
perfect harmony.
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Perfect harmony,
the bullfrog and the cricket
make lovely music.
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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"Make lovely music
like me" said Cacophony.
"OK." said Discord.
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Ok, said Discord,
he clanged, clinked, banged, shenaggled,
totally off key.
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Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:24 pm

totally off key
he sang for houses; got them,
one brick at a time
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one brick at a time
the wolf blew them off. Moral:
pigs should be cautious.
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pigs should be cautious
they can't depend on humans
to save their bacon


(grunt)
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to save their bacon,
fat thieves body-slam grocers
who stand at the door
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who stand at the door
what stand on guard by the gate
which gets us nowhere
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which gets us nowhere
faster: round-trip detours or
bermuda black holes?
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bermuda black holes?
angles total 180 -
triangle perhaps?
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triangles, perhaps
but the wrong syllable count,
and detours aren't round
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and detours aren't round.
not one hundred and eighty
read as - one-eighty


(I can count past seven - just)
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read as one-eighty,
on the old odometer,
feeling so racey.
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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feeling so racey
always acting so crazy
is it all my fault
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Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:33 pm

Is it all my fault
I'm a racketeer but love
a tennis player ?
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