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Old 03-21-2006, 01:02 AM   #26
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Dotty Parkerish

My dear Jalpha, witty

And showofferish

(which is nice)
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Old 03-21-2006, 01:05 AM   #27
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brokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
And showofferish
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Old 03-21-2006, 01:16 AM   #28
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JAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
a man with no bounds
dares call me "showofferish"
my nickname's stealth *itch
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Old 03-21-2006, 01:30 AM   #29
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Won't buy me popcorn

Figures he paid for the flick

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Old 03-21-2006, 01:37 AM   #30
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Here's the missing link... :

date with a cheapskate
takes me to a dollar flick
won't buy me popcorn



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Won't buy me popcorn

Figures he paid for the flick

No loving tonight
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Old 03-21-2006, 01:40 AM   #31
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Pat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPat~ is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
no loving tonight
boring date puts me to sleep
he's left with his dreams
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Old 03-21-2006, 01:44 AM   #32
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He's left with his dreams

Hoping that reality

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Old 03-21-2006, 02:03 AM   #33
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JAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
. . .can wrap around them
like book covers preventing
dog-eared pages--I. . .
(disclaimer; I never promised this game was going to be easy )
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Old 03-21-2006, 02:09 AM   #34
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dog-eared pages--I. . .
take as a sign that the book
was a well-loved friend
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Old 03-21-2006, 02:10 AM   #35
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brokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsbrokenfingers is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
dog eared pages I
lovingly touch to remind
me of stories past.

Hmmm.. Ok..

Was a well loved friend
really just a friend or a
dream fulfilled in flesh?
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Old 03-21-2006, 02:29 AM   #36
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dream fulfilled in flesh?
something I've wanted all day:
burger with the works!
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Old 03-21-2006, 03:05 AM   #37
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burger with the works...
can't remember the last time
I had one of those
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Old 03-21-2006, 03:20 AM   #38
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I had one of those

Bitter, when I was thinking...

Sweet--life's changing mood.
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Old 03-21-2006, 03:52 AM   #39
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JAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsJAlpha is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Sweet--life's changing mood
easy for the one without
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hormonal flashes
transform a friend's smile into
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Purple fantasies

I recall them from my youth

Sometime ago, now
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Old 03-21-2006, 03:59 AM   #42
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purple fantasies...
meadow filled with irisis,
California wine.

Sometime ago, now
I made that post and then this one
for our haiku chain
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I would write short poetry
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Stew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsStew21 is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
though I don't like to
i will tell you what you want.
yes. You are perfect.
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Yes. You are perfect.
Handsome, urbane, and wealthy.
Still, you are alone.
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Still. You are alone.
in a house-ful that's sleeping;
stillness is soul food.


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Stillness is soul food
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Listen to whispers
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Old 03-21-2006, 02:08 PM   #48
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Old 03-21-2006, 05:15 PM   #49
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Toward white silence
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