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Apr 2019
FOLLOW THOSE TABLE LEGS
DINNER WILL NOT BE SERVED THIS EVENING
WHY?
THE DINNER TABLE RAN AWAY
BETTER YET, AWOL
SO YOU WONDER WHAT THE REASON FOR?
THERE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A DUCK AS THE MEAT
THE DINNER TABLE REFUSED, AND FELT IT WOULD RETREAT
THE DUCK NEVER COOKED
IT WAS STOLEN BY AN UNINVITED CROOK
WELL SINCE THERE IS NO SERVING DUCK
THE MEAT, WE MIGHT BE OUT OF LUCK
SO I OFFER A BOLOGNA SANDWICH
THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAD TO SUDDENLY WHICH
THAT IS AS CLOSE TO MEAT AS IT’S GOING TO GET
UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS MY REGRET
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE RESTAURANT RESERVATIONS
SORRY, HAVE NO APPRECIATIONS
**** THAT RUNAWAY DINNER TABLE
I SHOULD HAVE CUT OFF THOSE LEGS
NOW WHAT WILL I USE AS A DINNER TABLE
I HAVE NO CHOICE, AND IT WILL BE A PLAYING CARDS TABLE
AT LEAST IT IS ABLE, I HOPE?
WELL IF AND WHEN THAT DINNER TABLE RETURNS
WHAT DID I LEARN?
DON’T DEPEND ON ANY DINNER TABLE, IT COULD DISAPPEAR WITHOUT NOTICE
IT COULD BE PAPER PLATES IN EATING IN THE GUEST LAP.
preservationman
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preservationman  New York City
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