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Premium Member To Flatter my Delicate Arms - Sara Kendrick's contest

        Suitors lined up, hoping to court me 
           Promising plethoras of pleasure
           Tantalizing, teasing hints of treasure
        To move my reticent, reluctant lips to say ‘Oui’

        To obsequious bow to my innumerable charms, 
            While in a mirror of pomp, I primp and pose
            When spot a man – mustachioed, mysterious – undisposed
        To flatter my golden hair, narrow waist or delicate arms  

         An unlikely king or composer of Psalms
             Ill-at-ease with strongmen and heroes
             Counselor to hobos, weirdos and zeroes 
         And I, drawn to his visage with increasing alarm



               Entry in "When You are Old" contest
                     Sponsor: Sara Kendrick
                        Date: Jan. 14, 2025

Premium Member The Dove of Peace Trembles

Humanity groans and grinds away another day  
      atrocities multiply, strongmen hold sway

   The dove of peace trembles, her offspring dismembered
      civilization's quiet hum no longer remembered

   Could these, indeed, be mankind's final hours
      O, let us turn to the Lord, make His Will ours


Sphere, Sphere, Sphere

The ManPower Invitational  Celerity Sphere Contest

Contest One
Large one (369 lbs)
Bigger Sphere (550 lbs.)
Sphere Grande (705 lbs)
Winners pot includes both sponsor
and contestants roll! Trophy and
a prize.

Contest Two
Yak verses Yak waist harness tug of war
20 men one on one
Tournament until winner
Trophy and prize

Contest Three
Log Snatch and Jerk
Log throw
And
Stump pull
Must comply by officials rule
Medallion and prize

Entries due by May 7,
Cash due upon entry
$100.00 entry.

Tickets..... $20.00 -$12.00 & $10.00
Bring your freinds!
Certain meals included with
Paid fair
Live Band
Camp style over night the day before
Trailers and rvs $50.00 for overnight
Stay. Three meals, $20.00 extra!
Horse rides, Nighttime barbaque and bash!
Couples discount.
College discount.
21 and over for rentals!
No kids please.
Beer, wine , chocolate
Sold at the cigar bar!
Get yourself here or
We will come get you!

Media; Media Broadcast
Live radio show.
Television recording.
Get this place jam packed!

Premium Member This Parade Called Life

I live amazed in an amphitheatre, 
A huge red and white domed tent.
Working with actors and jesters, 
Enduring a perpetual torment.

The crazies I know are the clowns,
Red nose and a big head of hair.
And the gym junkies, they’re the strongmen, 
Wrestling each day with a junked up brown bear.

And the farmers are the animal acts,
Talking with elephants, lions and a monkey.
While the women down town, they’re the hula hoop spinners,
Forever looking so spunky.

Then there’s the boss in charge, she runs the sideshow, 
With magic acts, rubber man and the pony.
She makes up the rules as she goes every day, 
Turning up as the bearded lady.

My life is in the flying fruit fly circus, 
Others, are they oblivious to sights I view.
Every day brings a new surprise, I see it, I wonder, 
I’m curious, do you see it too?

Long live James Tate. :)

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