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Fire Ants
You'll learn real respect,If you mess with fire ants.They attack in numbers when enragedThe poison injected results in a blisterSoon the skin in the..
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Feeling
Lie quietlyImagine your hand moving slowlyPalm up, open, fingers extendedCan you sense the pleasure of touchAn embrace that causes a quickening of..
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Fat Jacks
Sitting in a booth at Fat JacksThe morning crowd of regularsWere there and a few strangersThat happened upon the place.In the booth next to the..
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Farther Vs. Further
A rule of thumb comes in handy hereThe difference between the two is quite clear.Further is what you say when in proper formAnd Farther is when you..
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Eugene's Old Grey Mule
Mostly he just stood thereNext to the fenceLooking at what,We knew notEyes were closedAs he dosed.Sometimes he shiftedHis weight from three legsTo..
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Energy Independence
Nancy P.And Harry ReidHave a record to defendAs they ascendTo joining with ObamaIn a troikaWhere they controlAll the levers new and old.Smashing the..
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Emoticons Are Nothing New
While much is made of the shorthand expressionWhich can be had with few stroke impressionsThe history of the art goes far beyondThe simple computer..
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Eldritch Mungo's Boots
Those boots were made for sellingNot for walkingCause they were sold as the very bestWithout mentioning all the rest.The tops were made in IndiaThe..
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Economist - Cat Fanciers
Once there was a farmer, poorWith wife, a babe and four children more.One day the farmer chanced to readThe poem about Whittington's cat and..
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Earmarks
Earmarks they're called by those that knowAre notches put in a pig's ear or perhaps rings in the nose.Which are put there to draw attentionThat this..
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Dreams
Dreams are what you make them to beFlighty things that may hover about or flee.Some are just a filament of imaginationOthers are built of mortar and..
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Drawing A Line In The Sand
Did you ever think how meaningless it isWhen someone has a causeAnd says, 'I've drawn a line in the sand! 'As if this has meaning to their fellow..
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Double Bubble - Double Trouble
Double Bubble is not to be confusedWith the chewing gum that issuedIn 1928, just beforeThe market crash we all abhor.Now comes another reminderOf..
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Dorothy
On appearancesWhile Dorothy was no differentfrom the rest of the class,having committed to more than they couldand can accomplish,she like all the..
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Doorway To Dreams
Alas, the Canadian pink velvet doorIs broken, it swings no more.Once it welcomed the soul to enter inBut now it's by reality - broken.Once was the..
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Do-Ing The Dog
Don't know if they are out of a job, recently firedOr maybe amongst the ranks of newly tiredBut from early morn til after eleven,They walk the..
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Does Satire Lose Its Bite On Printed Pages Over Night?
Verse 1Oh! me, Oh! my, Oh! you!I don't know what to do.‘Haps publish a paper or two?Hal-le-lu-jah!The quest-ion is pe-cu-liar.It’s a quest for the..
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Do You Remember
Do you remember that girlWalking stooped and bent in a curlTrying not to show that sheWas much taller than heWanting to fit inEven if it meant she..
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Diagnostics Exemplary
The doctor said,'Where does it hurt you? ''Here, ' said the maid.Pointing to the ankle, swollen and blue.'No bones broken nor is the skinJust a minor..
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Dna - Un-Zipping
IDarwin thought when he wrote 'The Descent of Man'He would be describing the Maker's plan*.How little did he knowWhat science had in stow.Residing in..
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Day Is Beautiful
Some walking through the morning dewLeave behind footsteps noticed by a few.The imprints are quickly goneAnd all that remains is not etched on..
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Daun Brunellus
Watching two cows lazing under the treesSwitching their tails aimlesslyFor no flies were aroundAs pesticides had been their doom.Nevertheless they..
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Darwin's Rabbit
Darwin had a rabbit,It's true.Was one of a special kindOf which all the Island knew.A rabbit that began as a lump of cheeseOr something else if you..
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Darwin's Goats
Charlie had goats, it is told,Evolved from ancestors, meek, yet bold.In the hills that aboundedIn Scotland, where they were founded,Ungulates loved..
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Darwin's Fish
Darwin had a fish named Very Brighte‘Twas marked with spots of orange amongst the whiteSuch a fine example of selective breed'n'Twould be a shame to..
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