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Piglet
Islander
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The end of the old year's encroaching.
While going first-footing tomorrow
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I may also be on the borrow
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Raptor Eye
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I'm fresh out of coal
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Stetson
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And am stuck on the dole
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Raptor Eye
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but my face will show no trace of sorrow.
While washing my old socks one day
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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ArachnidinElmet
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I found that they had started to fray.
-------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka
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QLib
Bad Example
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Oh gosh, heck and darn
-------------------- Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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Raptor Eye
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I've run out of the yarn
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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jrw
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So I patched them up with parcel tape
The trains had all come to a standstill
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pimple
Ship's Irruption
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So those party-goers who can still
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Stetson
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walk more than five feet
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pimple
Ship's Irruption
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look for something to eat
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Raptor Eye
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Even though they've had more than their fill.
The homeless man said with a grin
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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"Bless my soul, there's a bottle of GIN!"
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Piglet
Islander
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And yesterday's Times
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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with a crossword that's not yet filled in!
* * * *
When sailing my boat round the Horn
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Stetson
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I said "Drat, I forgot to bring porn!"
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L'organist
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So its plain self-abuse
-------------------- Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Stetson
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With its nymphs all so lovingly shorn.
In scripture, we find inspiration
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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if done with due dedication
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Piglet
Islander
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to abstain from all sin
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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[apart from our GIN]
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Piglet
Islander
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which makes for a pleasant libation.
PS I think you may have read my mind there, WW!
Now we're getting back into the rut
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Of walking each day with the mutt
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Raptor Eye
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Wading through mud and muck
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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past goose, swan and duck
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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jrw
Shipmate
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and ending up at Pitch and Putt.
"You can't come in with muddy boots on"
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Even bearing a jar of Grey Poupon.
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Golden Key
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But pastry-puff hot dogs
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Piglet
Islander
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or chocolate yule-logs
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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Will do quite nicely, so in! Come on!
The musty old coat of an adm'ral
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Raptor Eye
Shipmate
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Was used by the cat as a snuggle-all,
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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pimple
Ship's Irruption
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with the tip of its nose
-------------------- In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)
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Raptor Eye
Shipmate
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They gave it the freedom of old Newport Pagnell.
A surprise parcel arrived for my dad
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Raptor Eye
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A strange little gadget
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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to feed his strange habit
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Stetson
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Of rolling in butter unclad.
I think my computer's been hacked
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Raptor Eye
Shipmate
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All my secret files hijacked!
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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's that those files are for show!
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Piglet
Islander
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and the real ones have been, well, up-backed.
Like everyone else, I hate filing
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Raptor Eye
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So around the house papers are piling
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Piglet
Islander
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On the desk, on the floor,
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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You can't open the door!
-------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Satan is standing there, smiling!
* * * *
When walking the front at Torquay
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Sipech
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I discovered my long lost door key
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