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Of all
The sweet
Hookups,
You were
Sweetest.

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To tell
The truth,
I can't
Answer that.

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Life means
Life;
Predators
Now dying
Old men.

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Time flies
Faster when
You're not
having fun.

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Stuff the cat;
Undo laces;
Resonate with;
Eye contact (!).

Varnishing Print

Cristobal Huet, goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, is one of only five players in the history of the National Hockey League to have been born in France.

The others being: Philippe Bozon, Patrick Daley, Paul MacLean and Andre Peloffy.

BREAKAWAY JOURNAL

"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose."

—Bob Dylan

"Give me the high seas, give me the salty water!"

—Shemp Howard

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Something
Tells me
I'm in
For something
Bad.

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You
And a friend
Are invited.

Not really.

8-word poems: FUCK DIPTYCH

I was hoping
To have
Sex
With you.

* * *

How did
The wet
Spot
Wind up there?

iTuneage - recent baker's dozen

1. "Blaise Bailey Finnegan III" - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2. "Stay Clean" - Motörhead
3. "Golden Years" - David Bowie
4. "Dominance and Submission" - Blue Öyster Cult
5. "Ripoff" - Ian Hunter
6. "Fear of Drowning" - British Sea Power
7. "Conquistador" - Procol Harum
8. "Industrial Disease" - Dire Straits
9. "Under the Sun, Moon and Stars" - Jimmy Cliff
10. "Wild Child" - Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico
11. "When Will I See You Again" - The Three Degrees
12. "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" - Richard & Linda Thompson
13. "Theme from The Godfather" - Fantômas

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I've been shaved
By the most
Indifferent orderlies.

8-word poem: THE CONQUISTADOR VARIATIONS

Find something—
Hoped I could
Unwind to.
See?

8-word poem: THE CONQUISTADOR VARIATIONS

I find no
Hope(d)
For something
I see.

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It's only
Love,
Until someone
Loses
An eye.

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I hear
Your pitter-pat:
Dancing
On my grave.

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Though...
I could see
No maze
To unwind.

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Colors like this
Blossom once a year.
Once.

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Beethoven went
Deaf, but
Continued writing
His symphony.

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Tread softly
And put away
Your big stick.

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The postmodern
Moral compass:
One size
Fits all.

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You always
Hurt
The one
You have
Stalked.

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You were
Only waiting
For this moment,
Too.

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Thank you
For keeping
Your play area
Clean.

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The door's
Wide open,
Waiting
For your
Soul.

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Two wrongs
Don't make
A right.

Right?

Right.

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I'll take
My chances
With eternity,
Thank you.

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Yet
Another potential
Epitaph:
Never figured
It out.

Varnishing Print

Harold "Oddjob" Sakata, born Toshiyuki Sakata in Hawaii, was a silver medalist in weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

After portraying the Korean henchman in Goldfinger (1964), Sakata went on to a career as a professional wrestler, appearing under the name "Tosh Togo." He wore his famous steel-rimmed bowler hat to the ring as his gimmick.

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You think
That you're
God?
Well, you're
Not!

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It all
Comes down
To one thing:
Boundaries.

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Thanks
For saying
What
Needed to
Be said.

I'm it.

I've been tagged by MsHellion - and when MsHellion tags you, you listen.

Here are my responses:

Four jobs they couldn’t pay you enough to do: Fluffer, MTA worker, Personal Assistant to Star Jones, Manager at a Ugandan jockstrap testing facility.

Four movies you used to love and watched over and over to the point that now you have them memorized and the prospect of watching them again causes your eyeballs to bleed: Animal House, Casino Royale, Citizen Kane, Terminator 2.

Alternatively, four movies you loved when you saw them in the theater but don’t dare watch again for fear they won’t hold up: Natural Born Killers, Croupier, Bringing Out the Dead, Last Tango in Paris.

Four places in the United States you’ve always thanked no-God you don’t live even when you were living in a really small rathole in Kentucky and/or Indiana [not that I've ever lived in Kentucky or Indiana]: Idaho; Iowa; Newark, New Jersey; Los Angeles.

Four places you would like to visit on an extended vacation: Toronto, Amsterdam, Prague, Alaska.

Four TV shows you are strangely tempted to watch but have so far resisted: 24, all CSI variations, every show on the Sci-Fi Channel, The Best Damn Sports Show Period.

Four Websites that aren’t on your blogroll that you visit daily: Allmusic.com, IMDb.com, ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports.

Four foods you don’t really like and can’t understand why you eat them but you eat them anyway and feel bad about it afterwards: bagels, Oreo double-stuffs, salsa, KFC.

Four albums you never listen to anymore but can’t bring yourself to trade in at Tower Records: Lou Reed - Magic & Loss, The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon, Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Nail, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey.

Four places you’d rather be but sadly won’t be any time soon: Spain, Canada, The Netherlands, bed.

Who will you tag? I don't tag people anymore. I can't handle the rejection.

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Please walk
With me again
In Pere Lachaise.

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We're all killers
With varying degrees
Of restraint.

* * *

Written by MsHellion.

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Eyesight
So bad
Perfect crime
Becomes
Expert creme.

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Nursing home report:
Grandma done gone
Totally nuts.

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...Died accidentally,
While trying to
Fake his death.

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Your life just called—
It wants
Itself back.

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New Year's
Resolution:
Become
A more
Becoming
Person.

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It's a long
Way down
From the bottom.

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There are
No great poems,
Just great
Punctuation.

Films I saw in 2005

I loved:

Capote
Good Night and Good Luck
A History of Violence
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Land of the Dead
Mad Hot Ballroom
Match Point
Millions
Munich
Oldboy
Saw II
Sin City

I liked:

The Constant Gardener
Crash
Unleashed
Walk the Line

I hated:

Aeon Flux
Batman Begins
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Broken Flowers
Flight Plan
Four Brothers
King Kong
Pulse
Skeleton Key

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Year in review:
It was
Another year,
Correct?

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Oh, great
Mystery
Of life—
Where's my
Stuff?