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  On 5/21/2010 at 3:49 PM, Mark Foote said:

gone is the sweet-tooth

arrived, the five-flavored tongue

another bitter cup

 

one more bitter cup

green tea and all five flavors

Szechuan fantasy

 

OK Mark...

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  On 5/21/2010 at 9:08 PM, trailmaker said:

another bitter cup

green tea and all five flavors

Szechuan fantasy

Szechuan fantasy

in a brand new plastic tub

paid by credit card...

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  On 5/21/2010 at 10:52 PM, CowTao said:

Szechuan fantasy

in a brand new plastic tub

paid by credit card...

 

 

paid by credit card

time credits, credit time debt

enslaves all this way

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  On 5/22/2010 at 3:28 PM, artform said:

paid by credit card

time credits, credit time debt

enslaves all this way

 

enslaves all this way

dance to the bullet's whistle

old knot holes that sing

 

(sorry for "another bitter cup"- should 'a been "one more bitter cup")

Edited by Mark Foote

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  On 5/22/2010 at 3:36 PM, Mark Foote said:

enslaves all this way

dance to the bullet's whistle

old knot holes that sing

 

(sorry for "another bitter cup"- should 'a been "one more bitter cup")

 

 

old knot holes that sing

wind whistles now past the wind

propels us all ways

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  On 5/22/2010 at 7:14 PM, artform said:

old knot holes that sing

wind whistles now past the wind

propels us all ways

 

propels us in all ways

touching Aeolian strings

might have a Guinness...

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  On 5/22/2010 at 7:57 PM, trailmaker said:

propels us in all ways

touching Aeolian strings

might have a Guinness...

might have a Guinness

the first sip always tastes best

do not waste the rest...

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  On 5/22/2010 at 8:15 PM, CowTao said:

might have a Guinness

the first sip always tastes best

do not waste the rest...

 

do not waste the rest...

the rest of the best remains

the glass is half-full

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  On 5/22/2010 at 9:40 PM, trailmaker said:

do not waste the rest...

the rest of the best remains

the glass is half-full

 

the glass is half-full

'cos I drank the other half

like an optimist.

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  On 5/23/2010 at 7:55 PM, apepch7 said:

the glass is half-full

'cos I drank the other half

like an optimist.

 

 

like an optimist

as if it matters, believe

this as if it does

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  On 5/24/2010 at 1:08 AM, artform said:

like an optimist

as if it matters, believe

this as if it does

 

this as if it does

that as if it doesn't- then,

guiness it good, sure

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  On 5/24/2010 at 2:50 AM, Mark Foote said:

this as if it does

that as if it doesn't- then,

guiness it good, sure

guinness it good, sure

wearing Wednesday's old boots

on a Friday night...

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  On 5/24/2010 at 11:25 PM, trailmaker said:

on a Friday night

and on Saturday morning

please, where are my shoes?

 

thanks, Hoyt Axton...

 

 

please, where are my shoes?

my feet are raw from walking

on fresh gravel here

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  On 5/25/2010 at 2:26 AM, artform said:

please, where are my shoes?

my feet are raw from walking

on fresh gravel here

on fresh gravel here

footprints are vividly seen

zig-zagging all over...

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  On 5/25/2010 at 7:56 AM, CowTao said:

on fresh gravel here

footprints are vividly seen

zig-zagging all over...

 

zig-zagging all over...

one foot precedes the other

steady rollin' home

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  On 5/25/2010 at 10:01 PM, trailmaker said:

zig-zagging all over...

one foot precedes the other

steady rollin' home

 

steady rollin' home

guinessed and beautied again

balled up in a knot

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  On 5/26/2010 at 5:23 AM, Mark Foote said:

steady rollin' home

guinessed and beautied again

balled up in a knot

balled up in a knot

fishermen's nets are rested

troubled by oil spill...

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  On 5/26/2010 at 5:42 AM, CowTao said:

balled up in a knot

fishermen's nets are rested

troubled by oil spill...

 

troubled by oil spill...

from a moment's misfortune

gumming up the works

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  On 5/26/2010 at 6:23 PM, trailmaker said:

troubled by oil spill...

from a moment's misfortune

gumming up the works

 

 

Gumming up the works

of Chuang in the reading room

-my mind is the glue

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  On 5/27/2010 at 3:52 AM, paul walter said:

Gumming up the works

of Chuang in the reading room

-my mind is the glue

 

-my mind is the glue

the thoughts sorting, deciding

all have their half-truth

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  On 5/27/2010 at 9:44 PM, trailmaker said:

-my mind is the glue

the thoughts sorting, deciding

all have their half-truth

 

"all have their half-truth" -

"Oh yes that's right! or maybe -

sometimes a half-lie."

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  On 5/27/2010 at 10:33 PM, apepch7 said:

"all have their half-truth" -

"Oh yes that's right! or maybe -

sometimes a half-lie."

 

sometimes a half-lie-

that's true, thought the golfer, as

he tapped off the twig

 

he tapped off the twig

still, he thought, better half-lie than

true lie in the trap

Edited by Mark Foote

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  On 5/28/2010 at 4:44 AM, Mark Foote said:

sometimes a half-lie-

that's true, thought the golfer, as

he tapped off the twig

 

he tapped off the twig

still, he thought, better half-lie than

true lie in the trap

 

 

true lie in the trap

fiction not allowed as false

lies made true in courts

 

lies made true in courts

theatre of the oppressed

pseudo-justice games

 

pseudo-justice games

legalisms must trump the truth

else the game is up

Edited by artform

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  On 5/28/2010 at 8:31 PM, artform said:

true lie in the trap

fiction not allowed as false

lies made true in courts

 

lies made true in courts

theatre of the oppressed

pseudo-justice games

 

pseudo-justice games

legalisms must trump the truth

else the game is up

^ enjoyed that! :D

 

 

else the game is up

lest another sucker found

just keeps goin 'round...

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