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dingusjr
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since 2003-09-24
Posts 415
Missouri

0 posted 2008-12-18 06:47 PM



The yellow toothbrush
in a clear plastic cup
surrounded by two tubes
of give-away paste

waits for its next great event
in our guest bathroom.
It sighs and looks away…
like Meryl Streep waiting
for her next Oscar….

Like Tammy Wynette
waiting for her next man.

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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 posted 2008-12-18 07:29 PM


Yo Dingusjr,

Yeah, that's toothbrushes for you.  Very good write.

Bobby

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058

2 posted 2008-12-18 08:10 PM


love your comparisons--can't say the same about the font color
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