Poetic Chop Sticks

The muse has no fingers
Possesses no internal abacus
Cannot fathom fractious patterns

…take one word from line A
And two from line B
Skip line C
Use it as line D
Drop C into C

With six you get Egg Roll
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Empress Avatar
July 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ohh this is very cool can put some music and can be turned into a nursery rhymes song! Lovely! Haha sending you light always dear John
Wolf Avatar
July 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ha, ha, ha, ha. Love this one, John. ~ Chinese-Americaknees
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July 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Strange but like a puzzle. AI is Asian, no doubt.
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