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Lifelong Layabout and Cipher

LIFELONG LAYABOUT AND CIPHER What this title means to you, possible thoughts are getting through. Lifelong is from birth to death, surely didn’t cover his every breath. Then again, possible for a layabout, on backside’s not a worthy tout. Proclaimed a “cipher”, he’s not a hero, from Arabic that digit equals zero. What’s he done in this deserving? Be a lazy zero, totally unswerving. A fond relative once told me, measuring work, so easy for he. 45yrs’ lifting freight, not a dream. Conductor 5 more, peaches and crème. At retirement profoundly he’d say, “last 5yrs, two crackers a day!” Using this metaphorically speaking, apply to havoc of ciphers’ wreaking. Next time diet changes with flu, conjure the cipher related to you. With some satisfaction smugly say, “ZERO’S’ worth equals crackers a day!”

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Date: 7/23/2011 8:47:00 PM
john, congrats on your poem being featured this week,have yourself a wonderful weekend,..p.d.
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Date: 7/17/2011 4:05:00 PM
Congratulations on your featured poem this week J T. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/23/2010 4:49:00 PM
wild poem
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