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Dr.Moose1
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0 posted 2001-06-18 07:58 PM


A few have asked " How is it so
to know just where the line breaks go
so they don't interrupt the flow ? "
As if I've got a clue that shows !

I write / these things / with slash / marks thus
I found / them on / the sil / ly bus
and soon / with ver / y lit / tle fuss
where pen / cil leads / they now / follow

They help / me to / stay or / ganized
and now / I can't / write oth / erwise
the " Me / ter Man " / goes nuts / you guys
which just / in case / you did / not know

Is why / I wrote / this goo / fy poem
that tick / tocks like / a me / tronome
a trick / that's slick / as pol / ished chrome
that works / for me / quite well / and so...

I thought that I'd pass it along
though you may think it's just plain wrong
to clutter your rough drafts like this
yet was there one beat that was missed ?

[This message has been edited by Dr.Moose1 (edited 06-18-2001).]

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serenity blaze
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1 posted 2001-06-18 10:18 PM


beats me!!!! I'm enjoying your humor and all wrapped up in a lesson to boot! I never could do the slash thing tho...me? I tend to snap my fingers while I read...crazy man..scooby dooby!  
Munda
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2 posted 2001-06-19 05:32 PM


A Moose as Meter Man and a Deer as Balladeer. That explains it all and makes perfect sense!  
Great job Doc.

[This message has been edited by Munda (edited 06-19-2001).]

Alicethruglass
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3 posted 2001-06-19 05:54 PM


I liked it,/and all. *S

~A~

Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
4 posted 2001-06-19 09:45 PM


This is great!! I do this:

-/-/-/-/

Works for me..

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