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Ewe and Eye

cerebral scrabble babble is coughed into empty couloirs words lie disassembled on jaded crossword squares dumb logic acronyms spill from your tongue with the intensity of angel falls flooding the tower of babel s non existent dungeon taut and terse phrases are spit into my mouth clogging my esophagus with the sweet bile of your bitter love for me twisted explanations mixing with fragments of admitted guilt speak in reverse similar to the uncanny way we uttered our final wedding vows do i poke a spoon into a puddle of campbell s alphabet soup as I peruse my leather bound thesaurus and nightmarishly daydream of you and now i m beginning to realize that the sole existence of one s warped sense of commitment fortunately relies on a duo s consistent use of insensitive verbal cryptograms during the sharp and neatly shredded paper years when punctuation and falsified adjectives were hardly ever necessary you love i Author's Note: Punctuation marks and capitalization of words were deliberately omitted for poetic effect.

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Date: 4/10/2011 10:37:00 AM
Hi John- A very strong, extremely clever and to my mind un-putdownable.Enjoyed it and congratulate you on being a winner.Luv June(Sylvia)
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Date: 3/31/2011 5:33:00 PM
Congrats John on your poem being among the winners. Vince
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Date: 3/31/2011 1:36:00 PM
John, Congratulations on your win in the Soup contest! Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 3/31/2011 5:34:00 AM
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! AS IS EVERYTHING YOU WRITE. Many congrats, John on your win in the Nov. Competition. Hugs, Elaine
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Date: 3/30/2011 10:38:00 AM
Congratulations on your amazing win in PS's Intl. Contest, John! Always, Annalise
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Date: 3/30/2011 6:15:00 AM
Congratulations on your 6th place win in the PoetrySoup International Poetry Contest John. I enjoyed reading your poem again this morning. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/29/2011 7:01:00 PM
Very effective. Congratulations John on a big win with a great poem. Joyce
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Date: 3/26/2011 10:24:00 PM
congrats on getting three through in the final round, John.
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Date: 3/7/2011 12:37:00 PM
Many congrats on your well deserved three first round successes John - luv Janette
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Date: 3/7/2011 10:33:00 AM
best wishes on this success John.
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Date: 3/6/2011 6:28:00 PM
Congrats John on your first round success in the Poetry Soup contest my friend..luv..
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Date: 2/21/2011 3:53:00 PM
Congrats John on "Ewe And Eye" being featured this week. Vince
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Date: 2/21/2011 1:51:00 PM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week on PoetrySoup John. Love, Carol
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Date: 2/20/2011 7:26:00 PM
Thank you for sharing us this wonderful piece of art. Congratulations on your featured poem. Ernilando
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Date: 2/20/2011 7:20:00 PM
Congrats John on your featured poem this week on the Soup.. great piece to share with us all with luv...
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Date: 10/16/2009 7:11:00 PM
You are amazing...!! This poem boggles my mind!! Excellent entry to Matt's contest! Congratulations! ~
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Date: 10/16/2009 5:33:00 PM
Congratulations on your win in Matt's contest John. Love, Carol
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Date: 4/19/2009 11:12:00 AM
Nicely done,, speaking in reverse .. guilty.. Great job! Hugs, Robin
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Date: 4/16/2009 10:58:00 PM
.."nightmarishly daydream of you" love the line. something to be reckoned with. how do you do Sir john?
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Date: 4/1/2009 11:37:00 PM
Very clever, my friend. Lainie
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Date: 3/26/2009 1:02:00 AM
Good one!
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Date: 3/26/2009 12:07:00 AM
Power-packed , piece , as ever , Lord Heck of Bkln , cleverly named !! .....
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Date: 3/25/2009 7:09:00 PM
Powerful words, cleverly structured. Unfortunately, there's too much "babble" in the world today, and your thoughts are well received on this end, John.
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