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what if




what
if

and what if
pox were fox?


my friend seems ill;

my eyebrows rise
in question.

she responds:

"The fox," she says;
"I have, you know,
the chicken fox."

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themoonman

themoonman

16 years 11 months ago

Chuck...

that's a sly one to catch, and even harder to shed... love your word play!!! Richard
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

16 years 11 months ago

what if

Chuck, Thanks I needed a good laugh for the day. Appreciate it~ ______________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous
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Ink Dragon

16 years 11 months ago

Chuck,

thanks for the laugh! Am still laughing in fact, so have trouble typing. Yours, ~Nina P.S. “Like plumbers and dentists, poets are fallible, and the possibility of genuine nonsense cannot be ruled out.” (Mark Haddon)