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Snap, crackle and..."pop,
is that you?" - It's my dad, the
cereal killer...
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(17 Syllables)
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"I'm draining the swamp," claims Trump. STOP PRESS!
Uncultivated land being drained by uncultivated man!...
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'She looks good,' I thought. "Fancy a date and walnut
cake?" I asked. She agreed to the date, but declined the
walnut cake. But hey, one out of two - that's pretty
good, right?...
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Who doesn't like a 3-liner? (Quite a few of you don't, apparently.) Well, I'll have you know that many a critic has said of my work "at least it's in English" - and as for the great Stephen Fry, he once said of me "Vincent who?" Let's just say I supply the litter to the litterati [sic - but only at times] - ie: I write rubbish. But rubbish mostly inspired by the HAIKU, the 17th Century Japanese verse form consisting of 3 lines and 17 (5-7-5) syllables. (WARNING: flash photography and limericks)
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