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Cavorting
Only a new born calfCan experience the freedomFrom being bound upIn a watery existenceDark, tied to a mother's string.Free, free at lastTo do as..
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Cats Have Opposing Thumbs
Few animals besides manHave by nature endowed a planFor grasping objects as they mayEither at work or at play.Seldom are considered the paws of..
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Catatonic
Karl Ludwig KahlbaumIn 1874, Karl Ludwig satStaring at his catWondering what scientific discoveryYet awaited his uncovery.Seems all the great and..
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Cat Who Loved Shoes
There in the doorwayA pair of old smelly leather shoes lay.Not quite in the same place by-the-byWhere they had been left to dry.One turned on its..
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Carpe Diem
Awake.Four in the morning.Stretch,Wiggle your toes,Snuggle under the covers.Yesterday, is yes; yesterday.Tomorrow may not be.This is the wayTo live..
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Careful What Boon You Re Pickin
hey bossits me againwas just enjoyingan old book withleather coverbout a famous knightwho changedthe worldits a story aboutan old manbent by..
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Cardiac Rehab
There’s a place not too far from homeWhere old folks go to be not alone,There they do the most amazing things.It’s exercise for the mind and body of..
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Can Inanimate Objects Think?
How else do you explainWhat happens to man (and woman) ?You see, in my taking a leisurely showerIn the morn after work for many an hourSeeking to..
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Caerphilly Miners - A Coal Miner’s Legacy
Come walk with me over the hillsWhere the lands are covered with scrub.Beneath are veins that were once rich with coalNow empty caverns dark, wet and..
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C. Elegans
The eleganceOf Caenorhabditis elegansCan not be hiddenOr disguised.This tiny nematode (worm)Can be seen to squirmUnder the microscopeOf those who..
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Buzzard Puke Stinks
From a distance,Up wind by chance,You'll miss the smell,Of this turkey from hell.Watch him soaring in the air.One would think he has no care.He feeds..
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Buzzard Banquet
‘Twas the hot weatherLikes of this they had neverSeen. Such a stewThat mother nature seemed ‘t brew.The possum, a marsupialWith scally tail with no..
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Butler's Ghost
Synopsis of D'Urfey's Butler's GhostFirst Canto -The ArgumentThomas D'Urfey a continuation did writeOf Sam Butler's tale, so contrite.Yet in the end..
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Business
Two villains of the highest rankSet out one night to rob a bank.They found the building, looked it o'er,Each window noted, tried each door,Scanned..
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Bumming Pipe
Around the courthouseBefore the heat of dayThe benches were filled withThose with nothing else to doMingling with those other fewThat had businessOr..
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Bumbling Hive
In a faire garden put there for purpose without ending,Stood some one hundred plus hives and their attending,Populations of swarming bees,Gathering..
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Bullets Don'T Kill, Man Does
The hollow-point explodesOn impact as it goesTearing apart the body properAs there is nothing to stopper.A toxic dose of steel or leadThat is a death..
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Brunellus The Ass
If two heads are better than oneHow much better is three.For the time has comeWhen Translators cannot agree.Nigel wrote the words in Latin scriptAnd..
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Coming to a home like yoursThey're marmorated that's for sureMarble like shell or perhaps streakedThey are bugs from hell with appetite unsated.Love..
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Brother Johnny:
Seems I am good forAbout one letter a year(More or less) , and so thought“I better get one startedBefore the winter winds blow coldAnd we all start..
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Bring Out Your Dead, Bring Out Your Dead
Are we to revert to the conditions of the Plague(s)When the cry was heardAs bodies were dragged to the streetFor pickup and mass burial?Then there..
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Bridge Over Cloudy Water
Standing thereDo you dareTo look to seeWhat fate is to be.The water movesSilently in the covesAway from the bridgeAnd the muddy edge.But, look..
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Boots And Shoes
In the old westIt was desired -Boots onWhen they died.(The wearer, ableAnd readyTo meet the challengesOf the day.And, of course,When called to..
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Boiled Peanuts
In road-way stands throughout the SouthAre fruits and veggies to tempt the mouth.But one specialty, besides melons and cane,Is nuts; called Boil'd..
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Blue Vitriol
for Rabbi Manny Viñas“I am hereby writing this…for the sake of proclaiming the sanctity of the Torah.”Do not tell me it is writtenI have no right of..
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