don't worry, she was already half-cut...

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The magician sawed
his assistant in half...then
joined her - for dinner.

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- the start of a beautiful relationship...








('Hey Presto! Two half sisters!': 17 Syllables)

it's an aftershock - no great shakes...

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"Sorry, my fault," said
San Andreas after the
earthquake. So what's new?...

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('San Andreas Fault': 17 Syllables)

short sentences needn't be death sentences...

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The words "it's cancer,
mum" were music to her ears:
The Funeral March...

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- (my cancer, her ears) 10 years later, I'm still here. But she's not...








('Where there's life (and the incomparable NHS) there's hope': 17 Syllables)

multiple personality disorder...

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living with myself's
quite hard - sometimes I think I'd
rather live alone...

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('We do get on, but it's strictly platonic': 17 Syllables)

honesty? - it's a hard sell...

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I can now say, with
conviction, I'm done with crime.
Well, nine convictions...

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- it's all about finding the courage of your (9) convictions...








('Chryme and punishment': 17 Syllables)

me, I prefer to wait a week or two...

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my granddad loves his
beef jerky - "still in its death
throes," as he puts it...

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('The lion's raw': 17 Syllables)

a case in point (in lower case and 14 point)

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introspective verse
isn't really my thing - I've
often wondered why...

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(17 Syllables)