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one two three


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one
two
three

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be
prepared

I hear you'd like to
learn to write: then be
prepared to waste an
awful lot of ink

                               ---barbsdad
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(1)

first
Adam

I wonder what lines
first Adam used to persuade
a skeptical Eve

to his bed

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(2)

green
onions

wild green onions now
abloom, I know they want to
spread; I leave them to

their own

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(3)

the
banning

Jean Martin bans me
from her high school English class
to the library:

the bargain short, she
guarantees for me an A,
and I must write---

about
whatever
it is I want
 
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Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 10 months ago

Chuck

I like "be prepared" and "the banning" best. hugs, Cat