J (A Love Song), Part 2

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First we ate a spicy berry; it was a crazy notion
We had to share together some symbol of devotion.
I started sweating profusely and burning...

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Thank you, Muttado.

My son (16yo high-school junior) has been frustrated lately because he's putting jokes and allusions into the projects...

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I’m going to tell you a story you might think you’ve heard before
From other dummies like me, but you can handle one more.

Another...

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I received this message from a friend last night.

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Kitten has decided to come in. He is killing the [3] dogs with kindness....

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Nice work, Pilgrim. Maybe you'll find Virgil and he'll have a machete!

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Okay, I'm counting this as participating in Halloween. Now I don't have to watch a scary movie or read Card's Lost Boys!

I think you do a...

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I had always wondered why pronouns held so much sway,
So I tried to figure out the difference between we and they,
And them and us, and he...

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Thank you for this. It's a little too early in the afternoon here for me to be so sad and angry already, but "Stand on tiptoe" got me. The image...

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Redbreast? Or the Two Gingers, Mary and Delia? We are indeed blessed that the water of life flows in so many fine flavors. Your words have made me th...

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An unidentified accomplice, another troubled mind,
Dances with its shadow in the madness of our time.


Smile through the epitasis...

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Thanks for doing this! I love seeing different version of the same work. It's difficult for me to imagine a poem having a final "perfect" version;...

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Nice work. I've been wanting to write a sad one, so it's nice to see one done so well. Great job putting into words how hard it can be sometimes to put...

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For a few months now I've been pre-wincing in anticipation of 20/20 wordplay, but I'm ready for more now after reading this. It was fun to read and leaves...

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Queen Mab has flown up my nose again,
Promising love but delivering sin.
Why can’t my dreams ever turn out right?


Nothing...

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This one goes out to the whole cast and crew of this freaky mess,
Roadies and rowdies, friends and relatives,
Lawyers, therapists, life coaches,...

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I always say that if it has to be said then it probably isn’t true,
But I’m going to take a moment to say a true thing to you.
Even though...

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Spare me the good intentions of my betters,
The ones who want what’s best for me.
Shut up, they explained, we know just what to do,
...

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Sometimes things get out of hand, as you will see
When I tell you this story that happened to me.
There was some good and some bad and some...

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Listen up, all you people; get ready for the show.
From my tongue to your ear; I’ll tell you what I know.
It’s not very much, but it won’t...

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When you spoke your mind, I’m sorry that I laughed.
I think that I might have been a little bit smashed.
And you were, too; we were having...