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Ha! I can't think of a proper response to that! :)
@ Ryan. Funny, shortly before you posted this I posted a link to an old Billy Idol song Rebel Yell , within which 'more, more, more' is vociferously on display. :-)Great fun, M and Ryan!
From Julie:Arts faculty witched,
To complete a learned week,
She stripped, total streak!!!!!!
I realize this doesn’t follow Julie’s. It started out with Shelba’s streaking on campus. Then somehow the scene changed to that of a church service.When, in church, naked
as a rump roast, Shelba streaked
from pillar to post,
her sister choked on
wafer and wine and held up
the Communion line.
Aunt Hortense let out
a piercing scream. Flung panties
hung from the rood beam.
A blonde blur, Shelba
scattered the Host, possessed by
some unholy ghost,
her plump gyrations
on the landing wild, passing
all understanding.
Mesmerized by her
every curve, caught in a spell
of lusts abyssal,
the priest, summoning
his nerve, gripping the lectern,
read the dismissal.
The pipe organ belched
a blue-haze sound--the beeswax
candles were drippers--
the joyous last hymn
all but drowned by an uproar
of heels and zippers.
The doors flew open.
With excited yells, all rushed
down the steps’ old tiles.
As morning echoed
the clang of bells, the faithful
wore only their smiles.
What a brilliantly warped mind you have, M!
Thank you, Ryan!I think I owe everyone an apology. I got carried away.
Not at all, it's excellent. I'm still laughing :)
Wrinkly birthday suits,some with coattails. The devil
lives in small details.
Her breath on my neckHints of freedom and danger;
A lioness hunts
Her lion-style hairwas no sane thing. She liked it.
That was the mane thing.
Her hair keeps her there,Where she can colour her hair
And main-line the Nair.
M, I saw the word coming and it STILL got me laughing, haha!She cast her hat o'er-
board, boasting: "My bonnet lies
over the ocean."
She watched. It floatedfrom D to E. “My bonnet
lies over the C!”
The scarf said, "Bonnet,you go on ahead. I plan
to just hang around."
Tossed down on the couch,by Ed’s kazoo, at loose ends,
the bonnet was blue.
From Julie:Blue movie time, on
dim, flickering screen, unseen,
They consumed the Jim Beam.
With Jim's consumption,The sad end of the blue show
Left them wanting more.
“The cause of Jim’s death?Consumption,” Doc Tatum drawled.
“That’s my assumption.”
From Julie:Doctor's assumption,
Jim was assumed through ceiling,
No sense, no feeling.
"Hey Doc... how's it seem?""Well you went dangling to fall,
bruised an 'a' on an
eye beam." "The soreness
won't go away..." "Don't use the
Prep-H; it's wrong cream."
I wrote my paperon how Nathaniel Hawthorne
improved my posture.
He is a poser,Stands tall before life's vastness
Questioning it all.
Grape-vine hangs o'er ledgeGraceful, tall- taunted by chump
yelling, "End it all!"
(Sorry that one was strange! lol).
From Julie:This is the end, my
Friend, then off to pub he wends,
Camille has a vent.
When off to the pubhe wends, the dour townfolk know
whose money he spends.
Guy wrote: "[NP CJ. It made me laugh. :-)]":)
Also love the haiku, you guys, too!
The river's slow bendsMove the solitary cloud
The silence that wends.
Yes, the river knowswhere the chill wind blows; where love
writhes, in silent throes.
The river babblesOf the latest gossip heard
Brookes don't keep secrets
Reserved but stylish,like no others, the fine suits
made by Brooke’s brothers.
Looking slick in his Brooke's suitFame has let him forget his roots
Now he's lost.
To frame his slick fameAnd brooking no one's disdain
He bought some PR.
His in-laws, who ownedTV stations, were very
public relations.
The public knew his every movemight as well to him
they had relations.
His gaze blank, he sat,ear to the phone, her voice now
the lonesome dial tone.
The black phone sat muteUnaware that the whole world
Waited for his call.
When the home phone rang(during tea), a long distance
call: 'Hi. It's E.T.'
What the strange callerhad to say clouded their tea
and soon made Earl grey.
Thank you, Ryan! Number 8805 was a fun challenge to follow. (It seems astonishing that this thread is approaching nine thousand posts.)
Hi! It's been a (really long) while since I've posted anything here, but I just saw the notification regarding M's last comment. It's so cool that this thread is still active! I'm so glad my little idea from when I was in high school has lasted so long. I thought it'd be fun to pop in and add another haiku, since this made me kind of nostalgic :)His frown deepened, dark
and bitter as he sipped the
caller's breathy sounds.
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