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"repartee" poems
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Jan 22, 2013
Jan 22, 2013 at 5:31 AM UTC
Iconoclasm
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Finite fictitious fornicatious faux pas flamboyance flippant flighty Quantify quixotic quagmire quintessence quantum quasi queasy Corporeal conjunctive conjugational coercion critique credibility critically Xenobiotic xanadu xylem xylophagous xerophilous xenophile xylography Kinesiology kinetics kleptomania kobold kowtow kangaroo court keeky             Acerbity asperity acuity agility articulation autonomy artistry Warranty wrangle wrest wrought wroth wreak wrathy Nimbus nimiety nihilism notorious nostrum notch nugatory Heuristic holistic homogeny huckster horizon hornswoggle ***** Unary unbridled uncanny unfathomable usurping ultimatum unity Sensorium subliminal suborn substantiation subtlety solace sultry Zealotry zygosity zoic Zephyr zilch  zoomorphic  zoolatry Exoneration eulogy edifice extemporaneous exaserbational exigency enmity Blasphemously blatant brusque belligerent bodacious bartizan beastly Repertoire rendition rectitude recital radix repartee ramify Juxtaposition jaunt jurisprudence jettison jeopardy jocular jouncy Plenary plenipotentiary pandemic plagiaristic portentous potentate paltry                      Desperate despicable deplorable denigrational denouement douceur dastardly Grandiose genuflection glitch gestational genre gesticulation gimpy Yantra yenta yerk yoni yore yowl yogi Icky icon ichor ictus incus -ics idolatry Tractive transition tellurian terrestrial tantamount telepathy talismanically Vast vauntness vector venery verve volition votary Languishing lurid licentious longevous loquacity lingam lucidity                                 Monstrance mendacity moribund morsel meticulous meatus motivity Optimal ornate opulence ostensive ordinate odious ornery
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Jan 23, 2013
Jan 23, 2013 at 5:48 AM UTC
Iconoclasm Epithet
Finite fictitious fornicatious faux pas flamboyance flippant flighty Quantify quixotic quagmire quintessence quantum quasi queasy Corporeal conjunctive conjugational coercion critique credibility critically Xenobiotic xanadu xylem xylophagous xerophilous xenophile xylography Kinesiology kinetics kleptomania kobold kowtow kangaroo court keeky             Acerbity asperity acuity agility articulation autonomy artistry Warranty wrangle wrest wrought wroth wreak wrathy Nimbus nimiety nihilism notorious nostrum notch nugatory Heuristic holistic homogeny huckster horizon hornswoggle ***** Unary unbridled uncanny unfathomable usurping ultimatum unity Sensorium subliminal suborn substantiation subtlety solace sultry Zealotry zygosity zoic Zephyr zilch  zoomorphic  zoolatry Exoneration eulogy edifice extemporaneous exaserbational exigency enmity Blasphemously blatant brusque belligerent bodacious bartizan beastly Repertoire rendition rectitude recital radix repartee ramify Juxtaposition jaunt jurisprudence jettison jeopardy jocular jouncy Plenary plenipotentiary pandemic plagiaristic portentous potentate paltry                      Desperate despicable deplorable denigrational denouement douceur dastardly Grandiose genuflection glitch gestational genre gesticulation gimpy Yantra yenta yerk yoni yore yowl yogi Icky icon ichor ictus incus -ics idolatry Tractive transition tellurian terrestrial tantamount telepathy talismanically Vast vauntness vector venery verve volition votary Languishing lurid licentious longevous loquacity lingam lucidity                                 Monstrance mendacity moribund morsel meticulous meatus motivity Optimal ornate opulence ostensive ordinate odious ornery
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To wit to woo, or not to wit to woo, Would wooing suit a suitor shy on wit? Or would a witty suitor suit poor Sue, For Sue aint one to want a witless twit! If Sue is wooed by witty repartee, Then Sue and suitor could be well suited, But he who woo's poor Sue with lethargy, Is like to like not how he gets booted! So if you want to woo, and to woo Sue, Then deign to don a suit and do your bit, To shoot for Sue, your wit should shoot straight thru', Or wooing Sue aint worth a sack of spit;         Poor Sue just wants a witty suitor, see?         So if your wit is wanting, leave her be!
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May 8, 2014
May 8, 2014 at 10:23 AM UTC
Wooing Poor Sue
Prosecco cocktails, être pour la danse, cassis pour moi avec limoncello, madame, passion fruit, and blood oranges très grownup, breakfast at Tiffany's, she is all sunglasses and Audreyfied, me and George P., struggling writers, checking if i got enough cash or have to exit smooth, just in case, maybe we leave our coats behind, as ransom? lincoln center plaza cross-dressers, past the opera, the sun, a balmy thirty five degrees, laughing at us teasingly, cause tonight and tomorrow, *********** all the day, winter kisses in case we forgot, early March first belongs to the Ides of Winter Afternoon of a Faun, another ballet, origin, a Mallarmé poem. (you begin to comprehend) yes quite so, a perfect synopsis of the day, Acheron imported from Scarlett Liam who lives in the U.K., but comes to choreograph here, for gloria Americana sundown, soul cold back, "lest we forget," but the dancers bid us adieu with a rousing waltz, frenchified, La Valse, une poème chorégraphique, by Ravel, bien sûr! aroused and heart gladdened, return home for for veal chop love two hours of *** banging, kitchen banishment, (Yay!) chanterelles steeped in red wine, coverlet for a non-vegan tasting, English peas, red and purple potatoes, and for desert, a diet dream of verbal exchanged of detailed I love you's He: I love you, She (happy), replies: I love you more. (this repartee ballet, has been rehearsal danced before) He: Why? She: Because you are kind and generous, to street beggars, my single friends, good and smart, love art, and never let me down, and love my cooking, leave space for others when you park, go thru life making waiters and ticket takers smile and laugh, sleep for hours your head on my hip, write me crazy love poems about veal chops He: What's for desert tonight? She: A ****
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Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014 at 8:41 PM UTC
a love poem ~ veal chops and the ballet
Prosecco cocktails, être pour la danse, cassis pour moi avec limoncello, madame, passion fruit, and blood oranges très grownup, breakfast at Tiffany's, she is all sunglasses and Audreyfied, me and George P., struggling writers, checking if i got enough cash or have to exit smooth, just in case, maybe we leave our coats behind, as ransom? lincoln center plaza cross-dressers, past the opera, the sun, a balmy thirty five degrees, laughing at us teasingly, cause tonight and tomorrow, *********** all the day, winter kisses in case we forgot, early March first belongs to the Ides of Winter Afternoon of a Faun, another ballet, origin, a Mallarmé poem. (you begin to comprehend) yes quite so, a perfect synopsis of the day, Acheron imported from Scarlett Liam who lives in the U.K., but comes to choreograph here, for gloria Americana sundown, soul cold back, "lest we forget," but the dancers bid us adieu with a rousing waltz, frenchified, La Valse, une poème chorégraphique, by Ravel, bien sûr! aroused and heart gladdened, return home for for veal chop love two hours of *** banging, kitchen banishment, (Yay!) chanterelles steeped in red wine, coverlet for a non-vegan tasting, English peas, red and purple potatoes, and for desert, a diet dream of verbal exchanged of detailed I love you's He: I love you, She (happy), replies: I love you more. (this repartee ballet, has been rehearsal danced before) He: Why? She: Because you are kind and generous, to street beggars, my single friends, good and smart, love art, and never let me down, and love my cooking, leave space for others when you park, go thru life making waiters and ticket takers smile and laugh, sleep for hours your head on my hip, write me crazy love poems about veal chops He: What's for desert tonight? She: A ****
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Time: 1 Us: 0 Will it always be like this? Swinging our racquets at Einstein's illusion. Singing, singing, singing 'Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You' when nobody hears over the relentless tick-tocks. As      as the clock's hands push          push pull us together, apart. Hey, you. Are we lovers or are we opponents? Let's look at the scoreboard. Time: 1 Us: 0 In school, they taught us perseverance. So we keep dancing, dancing, dancing                                               around the hands of the clock. I'm on number 3 and you face me. What's it like on number 9? What's it like to be on the edge of the next hour, the next day, the next big thing? You're on number 9, I'm on number 3. I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? I face you,                    you face me. So easy for us to... So easy for us to love, but so easy for us to leave. So easy to fight, to wrap our hands                             around each other's throats simultaneously. So easy to embrace, so easy to walk away when you are the west and I am the east. I'll ask you again: Are we lovers or are we opponents? Eyes flit up to the scoreboard, even though                       we don't want to look away from each other. Time: 1 Us: 0 The ball is in no one's court anymore. No more back and forth, stichomythia, repartee. Nor round and                            round when it's all an illusion, isn't it? Don't look. Don't bring it up. Time: 1         Us: 0 The figures are getting bolder, louder than the ticking. Tell me, tell me, before you move to 10 and our angles get skew, tripping over the clock's hands, because we forgot the steps of our dance. Tell me, tell me, what it's like when you see me all the way from number 9 while I'm on number 3. The scoreboard's screeching like a train ready to leave. Time: 1 Us: 0 The audience is already beginning to clap. They have loved us and so have we. We put on quite the show, enough to rival Djokovic or Murray. But neither of us will walk out with gold. Not when we've lost to an abstraction that can swallow us into memories. We get silver medals. Around our necks, choking but we clasp them tightly so they can sparkle on our chests. My silver beams to you,                                            your silver beams to me. On and off, a Morse code speech. When we can't speak,                                        can't breathe, that seems to suffice. Here is a case of beautiful irony: How did we meet? Your eyes                  saw in my eyes                that silver gleam. My eyes                saw in your eyes                  the very same thing. Remember: I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? The scoreboard screams: Time: 1 Us: 0 I bought a watch today, why did I do that? I'm so smart but I'm so stupid. I face you, you face me. It's not an illusion, is it? Look at me. Is it? Time: 1 Us: 0 We're finished. But then how could we have ever won when neither of us knew how to play tennis? We look at each other so the scoreboard can dissolve instead of us. Like your eyes                           in my eyes a tethering glance, could hold us in an eternal position. Like a single look could sustain us stationary. I face you, you                           start to leave. It doesn't matter now. Everything's spilling out on the loudspeaker. (And for once, you don't wish to seek this one truth.) Time: 1 Us: 0 It will always be like this. Time: one. Us: love.
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Jul 1, 2015
Jul 1, 2015 at 11:37 AM UTC
Game, Set, Match
Time: 1 Us: 0 Will it always be like this? Swinging our racquets at Einstein's illusion. Singing, singing, singing 'Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You' when nobody hears over the relentless tick-tocks. As      as the clock's hands push          push pull us together, apart. Hey, you. Are we lovers or are we opponents? Let's look at the scoreboard. Time: 1 Us: 0 In school, they taught us perseverance. So we keep dancing, dancing, dancing                                               around the hands of the clock. I'm on number 3 and you face me. What's it like on number 9? What's it like to be on the edge of the next hour, the next day, the next big thing? You're on number 9, I'm on number 3. I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? I face you,                    you face me. So easy for us to... So easy for us to love, but so easy for us to leave. So easy to fight, to wrap our hands                             around each other's throats simultaneously. So easy to embrace, so easy to walk away when you are the west and I am the east. I'll ask you again: Are we lovers or are we opponents? Eyes flit up to the scoreboard, even though                       we don't want to look away from each other. Time: 1 Us: 0 The ball is in no one's court anymore. No more back and forth, stichomythia, repartee. Nor round and                            round when it's all an illusion, isn't it? Don't look. Don't bring it up. Time: 1         Us: 0 The figures are getting bolder, louder than the ticking. Tell me, tell me, before you move to 10 and our angles get skew, tripping over the clock's hands, because we forgot the steps of our dance. Tell me, tell me, what it's like when you see me all the way from number 9 while I'm on number 3. The scoreboard's screeching like a train ready to leave. Time: 1 Us: 0 The audience is already beginning to clap. They have loved us and so have we. We put on quite the show, enough to rival Djokovic or Murray. But neither of us will walk out with gold. Not when we've lost to an abstraction that can swallow us into memories. We get silver medals. Around our necks, choking but we clasp them tightly so they can sparkle on our chests. My silver beams to you,                                            your silver beams to me. On and off, a Morse code speech. When we can't speak,                                        can't breathe, that seems to suffice. Here is a case of beautiful irony: How did we meet? Your eyes                  saw in my eyes                that silver gleam. My eyes                saw in your eyes                  the very same thing. Remember: I face you, you face me. Are we lovers or are we opponents? The scoreboard screams: Time: 1 Us: 0 I bought a watch today, why did I do that? I'm so smart but I'm so stupid. I face you, you face me. It's not an illusion, is it? Look at me. Is it? Time: 1 Us: 0 We're finished. But then how could we have ever won when neither of us knew how to play tennis? We look at each other so the scoreboard can dissolve instead of us. Like your eyes                           in my eyes a tethering glance, could hold us in an eternal position. Like a single look could sustain us stationary. I face you, you                           start to leave. It doesn't matter now. Everything's spilling out on the loudspeaker. (And for once, you don't wish to seek this one truth.) Time: 1 Us: 0 It will always be like this. Time: one. Us: love.
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Midnight Bat & Shadow Monkey play with smoke magic in moonlit parks shimmering indigo stars dance around them. Island ***** & Mountain Fox speak jazz slithers in southern drawls dripping in thick maple syrup droplets off their tongues. Savanna Fire Lion & Volcanic Red Eagle sing lighthouse words in squall-like skies warming velvet hugs embrace their eyes. Psychedelic Air Otter & Hip Breezy Dragonfly banter; smooth repartee in tricky dream worlds volley, twist and swirl around their lips. Queen Water Dragon & Aqua Gypsy Satyr dance Drooling patterns with swaying hips Dawn smiles & electric fingers tingle their spines.
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Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014 at 7:49 AM UTC
Play Speak Sing Banter Dance
Find yourself against again all odds, with the prettiest ****** in this whole region. Gently caresses, she does, your genitals says the wittiest repartee. Come, calm down, old man it's just your imagination, wake up to that headache.
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Oct 6, 2014
Oct 6, 2014 at 11:24 PM UTC
headache
You seem to know where you're needed to whom this command addressed is a crazy me-man, a street walking big DaVinci ibearded mumbler, the kind you would cross the street before the smell is close enough to sending you running, not just politely walking fast but a souped up hi-yo silver away! this guise no surprise, you must and do already know where I’m needed, sealing the pact with a yellowtine post-it writ in simple block letters ordered in a brewed cafe, my latte arrive states my name as** come see me come to the time the place and the date and prepare oneself for twenty and fours of rigid interoperability as our systems interface reach the pure state of 100% ultimate wordless dialogue communicating in with by perfect silence heaven you will write a verse, my reciprocation is already prepared this terse repartee will many spawn poems generational for your family amazing and extended an elephnat never forgets, his servers are a rolling stone with no direction home, capacity unknown every blade sighted retained, and every sensate glance a phrase seeded departure will find me clean shaven, pressed jeans neat, and shod in well worn dockers, cloaking my innate invisibility when the children ask who was that, you’ll sage reply one new who knew where one was needed
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 10:18 AM UTC
You seem to know where you're needed.
Tho we be like strands of nettle, each with his own drop of particular poison, tho over the years we have tangled now and then like tomcats in the alley.... Be it not the beauty and allure of this gathering of writers to appreciate and admire the difference found within? T'were it not for the likes of Francis this site would lack bite, would lack spice and would lose much of its' erstwhile attraction. So wherefore art thou Frank? I miss your stuff. I miss your sharp tongue... I miss your intellect and repartee! Wherefore art thou Francis? M.
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Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 at 10:30 PM UTC
Wherefore art thou Francis?
The demon fly hath landed now intent upon it's task **** Demon in its valedictory explorations grasp. Embedded deep in kidneys, to cause me some concern. A painful path to endgame and a Hellish lesson learned. I pause a moment, think it out, it's one way or the other I lost a mate the other day and last month, lost another. Seems it is the season for the cataclysmic time I'd rather it be elsewhere but I fear this one... is mine. I've run a rough and winding track these rugged years of yore Pulled the Dragons tail in jest and sought, yet, for more. Rafted mighty rivers and flew the heavens high And lifted my perception winging vaulting, clear blue sky. I've known the velvet touch of love, the softness of her lips The crash of waves on sandy shore caressing fingertips. The swelling joy of childbirth, the pledge of mothers milk And rock like bonds of marriage binding all within its ilk. With thoughts a million miles away I've trudged this country lane Pondered why, with voids approach, it engenders me no pain? Wondering why it matters that the children shed a tear When saddened, glancing passing eyes, are never really near. Regret I'll never get to see my grove of rhodos bloom Or sip the soothing whisky as I tap my toe in tune. Or launch into the crazy surf and splash out to the rock Nor lie in sun on baking sand admiring talent flock. Meat pies with sauce at football with a cold beer in the hand And the repartee with kindred minds in poetry unplanned, That flash of inspirations' alliteration sprung Brings the joy to mind of comradeship in Shakespeare's realm, unsung. .....And then there's all that's left undone, the words, now, left unsaid The notes of tragic violin hang in the air...unbled And you there with the swimming eyes, what do I say to you? It's all been grand, I kiss your hand....Adieu , my friend.... Adieu! M. Foxglove, Taranaki New Zealand 20 October 2020
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Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 2020 at 12:21 AM UTC
The Fly hath Landed
The demon fly hath landed now intent upon it's task **** Demon in its valedictory explorations grasp. Embedded deep in kidneys, to cause me some concern. A painful path to endgame and a Hellish lesson learned. I pause a moment, think it out, it's one way or the other I lost a mate the other day and last month, lost another. Seems it is the season for the cataclysmic time I'd rather it be elsewhere but I fear this one... is mine. I've run a rough and winding track these rugged years of yore Pulled the Dragons tail in jest and sought, yet, for more. Rafted mighty rivers and flew the heavens high And lifted my perception winging vaulting, clear blue sky. I've known the velvet touch of love, the softness of her lips The crash of waves on sandy shore caressing fingertips. The swelling joy of childbirth, the pledge of mothers milk And rock like bonds of marriage binding all within its ilk. With thoughts a million miles away I've trudged this country lane Pondered why, with voids approach, it engenders me no pain? Wondering why it matters that the children shed a tear When saddened, glancing passing eyes, are never really near. Regret I'll never get to see my grove of rhodos bloom Or sip the soothing whisky as I tap my toe in tune. Or launch into the crazy surf and splash out to the rock Nor lie in sun on baking sand admiring talent flock. Meat pies with sauce at football with a cold beer in the hand And the repartee with kindred minds in poetry unplanned, That flash of inspirations' alliteration sprung Brings the joy to mind of comradeship in Shakespeare's realm, unsung. .....And then there's all that's left undone, the words, now, left unsaid The notes of tragic violin hang in the air...unbled And you there with the swimming eyes, what do I say to you? It's all been grand, I kiss your hand....Adieu , my friend.... Adieu! M. Foxglove, Taranaki New Zealand 20 October 2020
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Discombobulated and flabbergasted, flummoxed indeed?  No such bemused and befuddled?  I am not perplexed on the prognosis to prospectus.  They’re incongruous, I’m incredulous, it’s catawampus.  Reconnaissance reconnoiter,  rectilinear reciprocal rectitude.  Radix repartee: Down here at the bizarre bazaar we all believe in the blasphemous farcical fugue-ness, estranged ensemble orchestrations and all.  Some of us are even into the various assorted forms of related stranger weirdness.  We’ll be having none of this putrid quasi queasy.  Corrupt costume counselor siren skeptic.  None of you ignominiously pusillanimous incorrigibles who aren’t brave enough to love are required.
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Sep 12, 2015
Sep 12, 2015 at 10:05 PM UTC
Troll Problems?
met my maker *not for the first time, two acquaintances periodical, two boon craftsmen, artisansals, bs-gab-talking about who is surely the better poet, glinting, side-splitting, raucous laughter in our dueling self-mockery* *neither takes the other too serious, but of each other, we take endless, never satisfied, insufficient, each needier for the rapper inside and repartee, adoring our jiving unique camaraderie, all-the-while, knowing our balance unequal, but not caring* *for as equals we meet, to revel and reflect, revealing things of each other that only we know, meant not for sharing ever, for these webbed strands binding, at same time, release, permitting a tough honesty tally, truth not a concept, unnecessary, for how could we ever hide our love mutuel* *we sitting bestride and beside, in ye old, weather-beat-down chairs Adirondack, having come hewn from trees centuries old, now overlooking the Bay, we eyeing a solitary fisherman whom, we both knowingly aware, metaphor for that day that will come to collect me away to a new locale, where we will yet still needle each other, with mercy unforgiving, not for our misdeeds, for never* is forgivenessasked for or given, not taboo, but holy unnecessary for such is the way the between the designer and the artifact, the poet and the poem, the craft and the object, gardener and her fruits, a cellular understanding that comprehends the interlocking necessity of our natures, that our shared endings, are a duelity, both finale and gateway to our next poem!  https://hellopoetry.com/poem/462537/how-i-observed-the-day-of-atonement/
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Jun 30, 2023
Jun 30, 2023 at 7:46 AM UTC
Met My Maker (you have too!)
met my maker *not for the first time, two acquaintances periodical, two boon craftsmen, artisansals, bs-gab-talking about who is surely the better poet, glinting, side-splitting, raucous laughter in our dueling self-mockery* *neither takes the other too serious, but of each other, we take endless, never satisfied, insufficient, each needier for the rapper inside and repartee, adoring our jiving unique camaraderie, all-the-while, knowing our balance unequal, but not caring* *for as equals we meet, to revel and reflect, revealing things of each other that only we know, meant not for sharing ever, for these webbed strands binding, at same time, release, permitting a tough honesty tally, truth not a concept, unnecessary, for how could we ever hide our love mutuel* *we sitting bestride and beside, in ye old, weather-beat-down chairs Adirondack, having come hewn from trees centuries old, now overlooking the Bay, we eyeing a solitary fisherman whom, we both knowingly aware, metaphor for that day that will come to collect me away to a new locale, where we will yet still needle each other, with mercy unforgiving, not for our misdeeds, for never* is forgivenessasked for or given, not taboo, but holy unnecessary for such is the way the between the designer and the artifact, the poet and the poem, the craft and the object, gardener and her fruits, a cellular understanding that comprehends the interlocking necessity of our natures, that our shared endings, are a duelity, both finale and gateway to our next poem!  https://hellopoetry.com/poem/462537/how-i-observed-the-day-of-atonement/
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B Bitter words are spilled across the page I  Inciting an equally bitter response T Taking us to places we don't want to be C Causing animosity amongst once close friends H Hate and vitriol spreading like a foul pestilence I  Ignorance taking the place of understanding N No more the poetic repartee of friends G Gone now are the beautiful days
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Aug 1, 2015
Aug 1, 2015 at 6:43 AM UTC
********
i don't think i'll play with pleasant words tonight -- i'd rather upset you with my honesty than delight you with laughably phony repartee. excuse the graphic aspect but i'm not in the business of acknowledging faux pas. a reflection on state of mind; i'd say solid, though somewhat soft and liquid as well, like a plate of spaghetti for brains, i can't figure out which strand of grey matter is meant for me and which is supposed to be slurped up by lady and ***** nor whether it is my pituitary or my hypothalamus which is destined to be taken home in a doggy bag for seconds. i really am lost.
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Jan 18, 2013
Jan 18, 2013 at 3:27 AM UTC
vermicelli cerebrum
Let me introduce him. half smile and half manipulation He will take you out to fancy dinners and then pinch your inner thigh under the table He will sweep you off your feet but forget to grab you shoes Because you see he doesn't want you to stand on your own Like an air traffic controller He is dictating your landings and departures But all you want is a departure Warmer skies And a healthier landing But he keeps you Firmly planted on the ground And then He bribes you with affection and later handles you with his tongue But as his hands cover your mouth And you feel muffled by his presence you lose yourself You used to be a rainbow You used to be seen only in technicolor Now you're wearing black submitting to his obsession your simple lies turn him into a monster and you're quivering like a child Scared to put a toe down Because his anger lurks beneath the bed holding the blanket close around your neck You beg for his forgiveness He calls you his princess and builds you a tower But girl it doesn't matter how long you grow your hair He will find a way to criticize it anyway And you're bound to pay I can't satisfy his anger He hides behind it Jabbing your sides with little suggestions That dress is to short That's a lot of skin Excuse me ************ Who's body am I in? And I don't need a fairy tale What's it to ya anyway I'm just a bird with a broken wing You see I used to have two One for luck And the other for navigation So why is leaving him resound with hesitation And somedays I dream of a different life One that's filled with witty repartee And symphonies Cellos play sweet melodies And I take my two wings and fly between the notes And I float Catching air I'm up there But he takes his water hose and shoots me down Because he only likes me wet and vulnerable I think he is catching on So I turn into sand And taking a fistful he squeezes Jesus I'm falling through the cracks of his insecurities And I find myself there And I dust myself off And fly That's goodbye.
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Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 12:26 AM UTC
Be the bird.
Let me introduce him. half smile and half manipulation He will take you out to fancy dinners and then pinch your inner thigh under the table He will sweep you off your feet but forget to grab you shoes Because you see he doesn't want you to stand on your own Like an air traffic controller He is dictating your landings and departures But all you want is a departure Warmer skies And a healthier landing But he keeps you Firmly planted on the ground And then He bribes you with affection and later handles you with his tongue But as his hands cover your mouth And you feel muffled by his presence you lose yourself You used to be a rainbow You used to be seen only in technicolor Now you're wearing black submitting to his obsession your simple lies turn him into a monster and you're quivering like a child Scared to put a toe down Because his anger lurks beneath the bed holding the blanket close around your neck You beg for his forgiveness He calls you his princess and builds you a tower But girl it doesn't matter how long you grow your hair He will find a way to criticize it anyway And you're bound to pay I can't satisfy his anger He hides behind it Jabbing your sides with little suggestions That dress is to short That's a lot of skin Excuse me ************ Who's body am I in? And I don't need a fairy tale What's it to ya anyway I'm just a bird with a broken wing You see I used to have two One for luck And the other for navigation So why is leaving him resound with hesitation And somedays I dream of a different life One that's filled with witty repartee And symphonies Cellos play sweet melodies And I take my two wings and fly between the notes And I float Catching air I'm up there But he takes his water hose and shoots me down Because he only likes me wet and vulnerable I think he is catching on So I turn into sand And taking a fistful he squeezes Jesus I'm falling through the cracks of his insecurities And I find myself there And I dust myself off And fly That's goodbye.
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We don’t dance here anymore. We balance on wobbly stools and order PBRs with whiskey backs, sidestepping the looks we tend to give each other in the mirror behind the bar. Tonight is Christmas Eve again. Again, tonight is Christmas Eve. Reflected in a frosted window framed by multicolored lights, our waitress wears a miniskirt and candy cane-striped tights. Her laugh rings like the silver bell of tomorrow’s hangover. We are not the ones racking another game of eight-ball or feeding the jukebox or tossing darts at the wall. That’s not us, the hipster couple exchanging sardonic repartee, clever tattoos comingling as they trade kisses in the corner. Could that ever have been us? Here is where we ***** it up and tamp it down. Here is where we wait for our future to finish its careful unwrapping. Here is where we say thank you and drown, tangled together in ribbons of twilight.
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Dec 22, 2017
Dec 22, 2017 at 4:55 PM UTC
Quarry House Christmas
Me for you and you for me, That’s how I want our love to be, You for me and me for you, Forever, not just one but two. Me for you and you for me, For swapping witty repartee, And being great, when good would do, For being ever next to you. You for me and me for you, For agreeing that we disagree, For being stuck to you like glue, A self-adhesive devotee. Me for you and you for me, For making lack of trust taboo, For making love a guarantee, For breaking into my igloo. Me for you and you for me, No euphemism will do for me, The only thing I know that’s true, Is you for me, and me for you. r1.4
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Jan 3, 2014
Jan 3, 2014 at 11:04 AM UTC
Me4U & U4Me
I cannot hear. Sound has lost its crispness. Articulated consonants have merged into blurred murmurings. The loss was not sudden. No cataclysmic happening but rather a gentle deterioration of a faculty, once taken for granted. Normal conversation, once a joy, has become a struggle. Repartee, chit chat, a little banter is no more. The quality of sound once reverberated and filled spaces; now I have no spaces – just tinnitus, constantly grinding away. To be sightless is to be aware, with other senses sharpened; but deafness leads to introspection, loneliness and deep despair. The half blind wear their glasses and look so very wise. The deaf man, with his hearing aid, dithers. I should know. ~
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Dec 30, 2010
Dec 30, 2010 at 6:00 AM UTC
I'm Going Deaf
I will write something, but maybe tomorrow. Tonight , which has all too quickly become morning, I am drinking wine. And watching pre recorded TV. Undateables, which gives hope to to the hapless and help for the hopeless, Is, tonight, enough for me. Tomorrow, I shall wake and Impress you all, with my witty prose, and my clever repartee. But tonight, which is morning, I will think on it and wait upon Calliope.
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Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013 at 8:47 PM UTC
Untitled
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Jan 6, 2017
Jan 6, 2017 at 11:39 PM UTC
Iconoclasm
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Optimal monstrance languishing vast tractive icky yantra grandiose plenary juxtaposition repertoire blasphemously exoneration zealotry sensorium unary heuristic nimbus warranty acerbity kinesiology xenobiotic corporeal quantify finite Ornate mendacity lurid vauntness transition icon yenta genuflection despicable plenipotentiary jaunt rendition blatant eulogy zygosity subliminal unbridled holistic nimiety wrangle asperity kinetics xanadu conjunctive quixotic fictitious Opulence moribund licentious vector tellurian ichor yerk glitch deplorable pandemic jurisprudence rectitude brusque edifice zoic suborn uncanny homogeny nihilism wrest acuity kleptomania xylem conjugational quagmire fornications Ostensive morsel longevous venery terrestrial ictus yoni gestational denigrational plagiaristic jettison recital belligerent extemporaneous Zephyr substantiation unfathomable huckster notorious wrought agility Kobold xylophagous coercion quintessence faux pas Ordinate meticulous loquacity verve tantamount incus yore genre denouement portentous jeopardy radix bodacious exacerbational zilch subtlety usurping horizon nostrum wroth articulation kowtow xerophilous critique quantum flamboyance Odious meatus lingam volition telepathy –ics yowl gesticulation douceur potentate jocular repartee bartizan exigency zoomorphic solace ultimatum hornswoggle notch wreak autonomy kangaroo court xenophile credibility quasi flippant Ornery motivity lucidity votary talismanically idolatry yogi gimpy  dastardly paltry jouncy ramify beastly enmity zoolatry sultry unity ***** nugatory wrathy artistry keeky xylography critically queasy flighty
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Jan 6, 2017
Jan 6, 2017 at 9:16 PM UTC
Iconoclasm (misnomer syntactics)
Optimal monstrance languishing vast tractive icky yantra grandiose plenary juxtaposition repertoire blasphemously exoneration zealotry sensorium unary heuristic nimbus warranty acerbity kinesiology xenobiotic corporeal quantify finite Ornate mendacity lurid vauntness transition icon yenta genuflection despicable plenipotentiary jaunt rendition blatant eulogy zygosity subliminal unbridled holistic nimiety wrangle asperity kinetics xanadu conjunctive quixotic fictitious Opulence moribund licentious vector tellurian ichor yerk glitch deplorable pandemic jurisprudence rectitude brusque edifice zoic suborn uncanny homogeny nihilism wrest acuity kleptomania xylem conjugational quagmire fornications Ostensive morsel longevous venery terrestrial ictus yoni gestational denigrational plagiaristic jettison recital belligerent extemporaneous Zephyr substantiation unfathomable huckster notorious wrought agility Kobold xylophagous coercion quintessence faux pas Ordinate meticulous loquacity verve tantamount incus yore genre denouement portentous jeopardy radix bodacious exacerbational zilch subtlety usurping horizon nostrum wroth articulation kowtow xerophilous critique quantum flamboyance Odious meatus lingam volition telepathy –ics yowl gesticulation douceur potentate jocular repartee bartizan exigency zoomorphic solace ultimatum hornswoggle notch wreak autonomy kangaroo court xenophile credibility quasi flippant Ornery motivity lucidity votary talismanically idolatry yogi gimpy  dastardly paltry jouncy ramify beastly enmity zoolatry sultry unity ***** nugatory wrathy artistry keeky xylography critically queasy flighty
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Let this be spark to collective action! The exercise of natural freedoms and equality. Sever attachments, break from your safety, from the shores of who you think you are. Set sail with faith, placing ideologies in abeyance. Set sail with soul songs, join with saints and strangers harmoniously singing. Be ALL as One in open repartee. Brothers and sisters, all of a wild nature– none left uninvited. Friends at heart all, all welcome! Who shall be chief navigator? Trace sensitive fingers on contour maps the Universe makes. As we navigate, we invent. With tiniest of maps (the same is the largest with infinite pathways) we are destined exactly to found and inhabit New Earth. Who brings gifts of intuitive sensing? Everyone? Shall we draw straws? Any can buddy up with the experts at the rational sextant. Every single she and he of us is a guiding star. Accordingly, let’s begin convergent conversations of stars. Of the humans who choose to stay behind, let us love them. Let us love them and let’s be on our way! It is enough now that many have had good intentions, have spoken authentically, enthusiastically. Yet they do not wish to enter in. Each in his or her own time. Others have voiced opposition, demonstrated resistance. Some others — stuck in apathy, in numbness, powerlessness. Is fear of ****** death the ultimate stopping? What is living if living itself is death? Are you one who has ears to hear? Are you that very passenger ready to disavow, to disembark? Have you awakened to your own alluring whisper? Let us begin.
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Jul 8, 2017
Jul 8, 2017 at 10:44 AM UTC
To Action
Let this be spark to collective action! The exercise of natural freedoms and equality. Sever attachments, break from your safety, from the shores of who you think you are. Set sail with faith, placing ideologies in abeyance. Set sail with soul songs, join with saints and strangers harmoniously singing. Be ALL as One in open repartee. Brothers and sisters, all of a wild nature– none left uninvited. Friends at heart all, all welcome! Who shall be chief navigator? Trace sensitive fingers on contour maps the Universe makes. As we navigate, we invent. With tiniest of maps (the same is the largest with infinite pathways) we are destined exactly to found and inhabit New Earth. Who brings gifts of intuitive sensing? Everyone? Shall we draw straws? Any can buddy up with the experts at the rational sextant. Every single she and he of us is a guiding star. Accordingly, let’s begin convergent conversations of stars. Of the humans who choose to stay behind, let us love them. Let us love them and let’s be on our way! It is enough now that many have had good intentions, have spoken authentically, enthusiastically. Yet they do not wish to enter in. Each in his or her own time. Others have voiced opposition, demonstrated resistance. Some others — stuck in apathy, in numbness, powerlessness. Is fear of ****** death the ultimate stopping? What is living if living itself is death? Are you one who has ears to hear? Are you that very passenger ready to disavow, to disembark? Have you awakened to your own alluring whisper? Let us begin.
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I'll reach that midnight train first A surreal journey, too uncanny Wonder how the heck I got here All tied up, yet sought release . . . . So many passages, so many trails I follow you down every ambiguous path Oh dear, will I get lost in this? In which warren will I find you hiding? I tie tape across your red mouth Make you walk an unsteady plank Across a deep chasm of unknown Don't slip now or dare scream out! In glass, reflected in the sun You look at me and smile oh-so sweet But refracted light splits up and breaks Now you think I'm someone else . . . . Am getting off this Roundabout Too draining for my psyche Ah, shoulda figured the universe owes me A massive kick in the teeth, alas! You're makin' jam, and I'm so nuts 'bout you We are sandwiched together, just you and me But small consolation prize....is all you see Bicycle has TWO wheels, for a reason! You want me to stop. As you stand, hands tied behind your back. As i stand so so close to you, would you look away . . . . Would you want me to stop? Ok. I'll stop . . . . no, please! Shhh, now now....easy now....hush, baby Think I'll stuff yer ******* into your mouth And fire away the ready rockets inside you Come, baby....please feel what's in my pocket . . . . See through the window of your soul Don't fret now, I won't judge at all Come closer, let me feel your heat You're giving just what I need right now. I'm making you feel all kindsa things Yet you fear to utter what they are So scared you are, I wonder why Oi, no running in the hallways here! Clouds at last, I see you now Oh, the pretty pictures that you paint On the waiting canvass of my thoughts In such bright and vivid repartee. Can you feel me, baby? Here I am... Heavy love hanging in the late hours Feel me now...I know you can feel me Slide my sword into your sheath . . . . See you peep still through the window of my mind Nose pressed against the glass Lucky to live half a lifetime in an afternoon We leave soft, grey messages in the sand. Still wonder how we ever got here You're so open and so giving Loved ones often kick a gift horse down They see not wonders of the gem, all hid. So, I have a thing I want to know Now, what is it you really want? Cos, you were once in love; so deeply fooled Carried away by reflections in a glass . . . . By Star Toucher, 8 February 2013
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Feb 8, 2013
Feb 8, 2013 at 12:35 AM UTC
Reflections in a glass
I'll reach that midnight train first A surreal journey, too uncanny Wonder how the heck I got here All tied up, yet sought release . . . . So many passages, so many trails I follow you down every ambiguous path Oh dear, will I get lost in this? In which warren will I find you hiding? I tie tape across your red mouth Make you walk an unsteady plank Across a deep chasm of unknown Don't slip now or dare scream out! In glass, reflected in the sun You look at me and smile oh-so sweet But refracted light splits up and breaks Now you think I'm someone else . . . . Am getting off this Roundabout Too draining for my psyche Ah, shoulda figured the universe owes me A massive kick in the teeth, alas! You're makin' jam, and I'm so nuts 'bout you We are sandwiched together, just you and me But small consolation prize....is all you see Bicycle has TWO wheels, for a reason! You want me to stop. As you stand, hands tied behind your back. As i stand so so close to you, would you look away . . . . Would you want me to stop? Ok. I'll stop . . . . no, please! Shhh, now now....easy now....hush, baby Think I'll stuff yer ******* into your mouth And fire away the ready rockets inside you Come, baby....please feel what's in my pocket . . . . See through the window of your soul Don't fret now, I won't judge at all Come closer, let me feel your heat You're giving just what I need right now. I'm making you feel all kindsa things Yet you fear to utter what they are So scared you are, I wonder why Oi, no running in the hallways here! Clouds at last, I see you now Oh, the pretty pictures that you paint On the waiting canvass of my thoughts In such bright and vivid repartee. Can you feel me, baby? Here I am... Heavy love hanging in the late hours Feel me now...I know you can feel me Slide my sword into your sheath . . . . See you peep still through the window of my mind Nose pressed against the glass Lucky to live half a lifetime in an afternoon We leave soft, grey messages in the sand. Still wonder how we ever got here You're so open and so giving Loved ones often kick a gift horse down They see not wonders of the gem, all hid. So, I have a thing I want to know Now, what is it you really want? Cos, you were once in love; so deeply fooled Carried away by reflections in a glass . . . . By Star Toucher, 8 February 2013
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Swanky sauntering swagger of a sashay.  Verve’s chutzpah, moxie savvy's panache, dexterously agile acuity.  Articulate coordinated excellence and prowess’s talented exceptional.  Objectified manifest's eidetic prospectus's invertible investiture's infinite possibilities perpetrate incorporeity ideology's perfectible ontology!    Intrepid intuitive intrigue, mystical magical multifariously versatile nefarious nemesis.  Malfeasance evocative tout, execrating eventuation evocative expletives, executant tour de force entelechy's apotheosis.  Ne plus ultra irrefragable opulence, erudite illuminism numinous piquant poignancy.  Dynamic livid lurid vagile puissance.  Lucid orotund sonorous fecund resilience.   Eloquent exuberance felicitous transcendent epiphany.  Nuance tactile audacious preternatural metaphysical clairvoyant imperative.  Augur quantum ominous avant-garde profundity, virulent vivid indomitably indefatigable cogent fatidic, quintessential deft.  Celerity innovative veracious metamorphic, adroit nimble avid austere.  Fulgurous astute atman clever crafty rapacious sagacious.  Effulgent zealous fastuous temerity machismo enunciation diction, imperative repartee.  Exserted protuberance educement proclivities succinctly ostentatious.  Ardent arduous inductive adamant incursion ostensible hornswoggling swashbuckler!
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Aug 14, 2020
Aug 14, 2020 at 2:55 AM UTC
Hubris