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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

August 2017

Eight-word poem #239 (a poem)

2017/08/13 — 1 Comment

Some things do not change, it seems…
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Resistance Song of the Day

2017/08/13 — Leave a comment
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Dear Sunday…

2017/08/13 — Leave a comment

Dear Sunday,

Amidst all the chaos and bad news, a Pleasantville moment: real rain!

Love,
Kevin

(13 August 2017)

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Eight-word poem #233 (a poem)

2017/08/12 — Leave a comment

A late entry…
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Dear Saturday…

2017/08/12 — Leave a comment

Dear Saturday,

Can it be? Do we get to breathe again?

Love,
Kevin

(12 August 2017)

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Wine is a reckless poet (a poem)

2017/08/11 — 1 Comment

Not eight words, but this is one I have a feeling about. (Note: I use the feminine pronoun in this poem, because my experience has been that women are more likely to express their feelings than are men, who tend to hold them in, to keep them to themselves, for various and sundry reasons.)
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Eight-word poem #205 (a poem)

2017/08/11 — Leave a comment

Eight words and topical…
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Resistance Song of the Day

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Dear Friday…

2017/08/11 — Leave a comment

Dear Friday,

I wish my parents had sprung for the extended warranty when I was born. It would come in very handy now…

Love,
Kevin

(11 August 2017)

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Eight-word poem #192 (a poem)

2017/08/10 — Leave a comment

One of today’s entries—and I made sure to check my count this time…
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