tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81453357510398934682024-03-05T02:25:08.824-08:00Thoughts That Escaped My HeadHumorous writings, rants, and poems!The Castaway Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463117522377391904noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145335751039893468.post-62801334832188278072013-06-01T08:33:00.002-07:002013-06-01T08:33:12.219-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<h2>
<b>People can be cruel</b></h2>
<br />
A mournful silence envelopes our front yard this morning. My daughter is heartbroken and I'm filled with a fury reserved only for those who see heartbreak and can do nothing to prevent it.<br />
Let's go back and start at the beginning.<br />
A few weeks ago, we came home from work and school to discover that a robin had built her nest on our downspout directly under our roof. To our delight, we realized she had built her nest directly behind our security camera. My daughters we so excited. My husband even turned the camera around so we could watch Mrs. Robin on our TV. It was an exciting time in our house.<br />
Every morning, oldest daughter would wake and the first thing she would do would turn on the TV to check on Mrs. Robin. The littlest daughter would look at the screen and say, "Bird! Bird!" Our "bird" channel would stay on until we left for school in the morning. One of my daughters would turn it on as soon as we got home. It would stay on until after the girls went to bed. We'd keep it on until mom and dad went to bed. We had our very own nature channel and it was so sweet and simple.<br />
One day we set up a ladder in the yard, a distance away, and climbed it to see into the nest. Mrs. Robin had four eggs! Four! That seemed like an incredible amount to us! Usually in pictures you see two or three eggs in a nest, but never four. I'm sure we were as excited as Mrs. Robin. Maybe more so.<br />
We wanted to help Mrs. Robin, so we went to Lowe's for bird food. None of the bags said they were for robins. We called my parents, who are avid gardeners and bird lovers. "What do robins eat?" we asked them.<br />
"Robins? Why robins?"<br />
Apparently, no one ever sets out to deliberately feed robins. I guess we are just rebels that way. We bought a bird feeder and some dehydrated meal worms, because the internet said that robins liked worms. We set up the feeder close to Mrs. Robin's nest, so she could have plenty of food for herself and her babies. Yes, somehow, the robins had become our pets.<br />
And one day . . . they hatched! We came home from work and school to hear tiny cheeping from our nest. We got out the ladder again and saw them! All four eggs had hatched. The babies were so ugly, they were cute. They had no feathers and did not have their eyes opened yet. All of us took turns climbing the ladder and looking at them. It was awesome!<br />
Our nature channel from then on showed Mrs. Robin coming and going and feeding her young. It was so cool and educational. We would watch the babies pop their heads up while Mrs. Robin was out getting food or some alone time. They slowly began to get covered with feathers. Then, they started popping up while Mrs. Robin was in the nest. They were adorable. My oldest daughter was in love. She genuinely cared for Mrs. Robin and her brood.<br />
We had a horrible storm one night, as anyone in the Midwest can attest to. There was thunder and lightning and high winds. We were worried that Mrs. Robin's family might not make it through the night. When we woke the next morning, oldest daughter nervously turned on the television. It seemed that Mrs. Robin had chosen the location well when she built her nest. It was still there, safely tucked under the eaves, and all of the babies were accounted for.<br />
The next day, when we got home from school, a horrible sight met our eyes. The nest was completely gone! We scoured the ground and the yard, but it was nowhere to be found. Someone deliberately knocked it down, and we have no idea why.<br />
It was probably some kid on the way home from school, but we don't know of a motive. What I do know is that oldest daughter cried and cried. Her heart had broken just a little bit. It wasn't just a bird's nest that had been taken or knocked down. Four innocent little lives were taken, too. Someone killed innocent animals that had become our pets because they were bored or showing off to their friends. Or maybe we have a future serial killer on our block.<br />
Unfortunately, the security camera malfunctioned, and we didn't get to see who killed our friends. So we were left helpless and angry. Why? Why hurt those birds? And how did the person get up to it? Our ladder was locked in our garage. The nest was high enough that we couldn't reach it.<br />
It was a sad, sad day.<br />
It made me glare at every person who walks or rides a bike down my street-adult or child. It makes me hate my neighbors and want vengeance. And it makes me just want to know who did it. I am sad because I no longer hear the innocent cheeps in the morning. My daughter is heartbroken. She will never see her friends grow up. And for a while, Mrs. Robin would fly around our yard looking for her babies. And that was heartbreaking, too.<br />
She will probably never build another nest in that spot, because we as human beings have failed her. We were unable to protect her. And we're sorry.The Castaway Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463117522377391904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145335751039893468.post-38875774020447650462013-05-17T13:05:00.000-07:002013-06-01T08:13:43.253-07:00It's the little things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I always want to talk in an accent after I've been watching "Peppa Pig" for a while.<br />
Other shows that make me want to practice my accent:<br />
<i><u>Pitch Perfect</u></i> - Rumer Wilson is hilarious!<br />
<u><i>Harry Potter</i></u><br />
<i><u>Braveheart</u></i><br />
<a href="http://content6.flixster.com/movie/11/16/75/11167512_det.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://content6.flixster.com/movie/11/16/75/11167512_det.jpg" /></a>Sometimes I think I may be odd, but I just don't care what others think any more.The Castaway Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463117522377391904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145335751039893468.post-29984877623000265982013-04-14T06:45:00.000-07:002013-04-14T06:45:00.519-07:00Sexy menHollywood and the media have lists of<br />
"The Sexiest Men"<br />
in Hollywood,<br />
in the US,<br />
in the world.<br />
And they make these lists<br />
and promote the idea<br />
that in order to be sexy,<br />
one has to be famous<br />
with chiseled looks<br />
and washboard abs.<br />
Now those <i><b>are </b></i>nice to look at,<br />
don't get me wrong,<br />
but I have a different definition<br />
of sexy.<br />
What is sexy?<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
cook me dinner<br />
or take me out to eat<br />
not because it's a special occasion,<br />
but because I worked all day<br />
am just too tired to think about cooking<br />
or because it's Wednesday.<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
do a load of laundry<br />
(and even fold them!).<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
clean the kitchen<br />
without being asked<br />
or nagged<br />
or begged.<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
do minor repairs around the house,<br />
bail me out of trouble,<br />
help those in need.<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
let me have a girls' night out<br />
without complaining<br />
or trying to guilt me out of it.<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
watch the kids while I am<br />
at work,<br />
working late,<br />
or out with my friends.<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
stay home<br />
with a sick kid<br />
so I can go to work<br />
on a day I just can't miss. <br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
encourage me,<br />
believe in me,<br />
and help me achieve my goals<br />
or do my very best.<br />
Sexy is a man who will<br />
get my warped sense of humor,<br />
hold my hand,<br />
dry my tears,<br />
hug me,<br />
kiss me,<br />
sex me up, <br />
and love me always<br />
even though<br />
I am not perfect<br />
or even nice all the time.<br />
I want to see recognition that this man is sexier<br />
than the Hollywood stereotype. <br />
This man is the one who holds my heart,<br />
and that makes him even sexier.<br />
<br /><br />The Castaway Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463117522377391904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145335751039893468.post-28688189833745024222013-04-13T19:57:00.002-07:002013-04-13T19:57:19.392-07:00Lara's heartbreakLara was so excited to find out she was expecting.<br />
A baby!<br />
It was great news,<br />
but Lara had problems.<br />
And since it was her first pregnancy,<br />
she didn't know what to look for.<br />
And so her baby came two months early.<br />
Two months too early.<br />
And he was tiny.<br />
Three pounds.<br />
Three pounds of baby<br />
is less than a<br />
sack of flour,<br />
a dumbell,<br />
a heavy textbook,<br />
a pair of steel-toed boots,<br />
or what she really wanted-<br />
a healthy baby.<br />
And he was so, so teeny.<br />
And he began to have problems.<br />
Little man was in the hospital<br />
for the first four months of his life.<br />
For four months,<br />
he stayed in the hospital.<br />
For Lara,<br />
it may as well have been<br />
forever.<br />
He couldn't put on weight.<br />
He kept aspirating on bottles.<br />
Problem after problem.<br />
And then,<br />
he finally got to go home!<br />
For a little while.<br />
He kept having to go back to the hospital<br />
and stay for a week or two<br />
at a time.<br />
Lara missed so much work.<br />
And her baby kept crying<br />
and crying<br />
and crying.<br />
He was in pain<br />
and so back to the hospital<br />
they would go<br />
to test him and find out what was wrong.<br />
They still don't know.<br />
He still goes back to the hospital.<br />
And he has spent more time in the hospital<br />
than out of it.And now, Lara's baby<br />
is developmentally behind<br />
other children his age.<br />
He is legally blind<br />
and cannot hold up his head<br />
even though he is a year old.<br />
He cannot crawl,<br />
or sit up,<br />
or walk,<br />
or talk.<br />
Lara is not sure if he ever will be able to do these things. <br />
He is a miracle because he survived.<br />
Lara loves him,<br />
but spends every moment worrying about him.<br />
He has aged her because<br />
she worries,<br />
worries,<br />
worries.<br />
And I worry<br />
about Lara<br />
and how's she's feeling,<br />
handling the situation,<br />
and if she's doing okay.<br />
But Lara has closed herself<br />
off from the world.<br />
And all she says now is that<br />
she's okay,<br />
her baby's okay,<br />
things are okay.<br />
But okay is not great,<br />
or even good.<br />
And I worry about Lara<br />
and her little one.<br />
And I want to know-<br />
what can I do to help?<br />
And the answer is. . . .? The Castaway Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463117522377391904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145335751039893468.post-35523526054429076192013-04-13T19:29:00.000-07:002013-04-13T19:35:23.767-07:00I Could Kick Your Ass*I could kick your ass*<br />
unless you actually have muscles<br />
or strength<br />
or some other such nonsense.<br />
Basically, what I am saying is that<br />
I could kick your ass<br />
if you were an<br />
anemic,<br />
anorexic,<br />
undersized,<br />
and<br />
weak.<br />
Damn.<br />
Back when I was<br />
younger,<br />
stronger,<br />
tougher-<br />
then I probably could have kicked your ass.<br />
Probably.<br />
Well, at least I think so.<br />
Maybe.<br />
I think.<br />
I felt pretty confident when<br />
I took kickboxing classes.<br />
I was a lean, mean,<br />
fighting machine.<br />
And now,<br />
now life has gotten in the way.<br />
I've got<br />
work,<br />
kids,<br />
a second job because the first one doesn't pay enough,<br />
responsibilities,<br />
chores,<br />
and excuses.<br />
Oh, I've got a ton of those.<br />
<i>I'm too tired.</i><br />
<i>I'm too busy.</i><br />
<i>I'm too broke.</i><br />
What I really need,<br />
is to get off my ass<br />
and get it back into shape,<br />
so I can work on<br />
kicking<br />
your<br />
ass<br />
again. The Castaway Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463117522377391904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145335751039893468.post-12697733031039393002013-03-10T17:52:00.001-07:002013-03-10T17:59:18.626-07:00It's fine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<h2>
<b>It's Fine</b></h2>
by The Castaway Poet<br />
<br />
The other day,<br />
I was in charge of a big event<br />
encompassing a lot<br />
of events,<br />
people,<br />
and minions.<br />
Things were going semi-smoothly,<br />
as they do with all big events.<br />
Human error always finds a way<br />
to foul things up<br />
eventually.<br />
Events featuring humans<br />
will always have mistakes,<br />
even tiny ones.<br />
One of my minions<br />
came up to me with (another!) problem.<br />
And I said, "It's fine."<br />
And that was my mantra<br />
to get me through the day.<br />
It's fine. It's fine.<br />
Over and over,<br />
again and again.<br />
Until I sounded like<br />
a skipping CD<br />
or a virus eaten MP3. <br />
My friend overheard<br />
my mumbled chant.<br />
And she laughed.<br />
She said,<br />
"If you have to say,<br />
'It's fine,'<br />
seventeen times in a row,<br />
it's probably not fine."<br />
And we laughed<br />
because she was<br />
absolutely<br />
correct.<br />
My minion relaxed<br />
as the tension fled the room<br />
like a refugee from Cuba.<br />
Later, I confided in my friend<br />
that things were actually <i>not </i>fine.<br />
But if I said, "It's fine," to my minion,<br />
that minion would <i>think </i>it was fine<br />
and keep working<br />
and maybe leave me alone<br />
so I could<br />
think,<br />
plan,<br />
solve all the problems of the world,<br />
you know, little stuff.<br />
I have found<br />
from years of experience<br />
that my minions tend to self-destruct<br />
or turn into sniveling bubbles of<br />
spineless goo<br />
or run away from me screaming<br />
when I say, "I will stab you<br />
in the face if you bring one more problem<br />
to my attention today<br />
instead of just handling it<br />
by yourself."<br />
And that is what I am thinking<br />
when I am saying, "It's fine."The Castaway Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463117522377391904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145335751039893468.post-85757358275097804282013-03-10T16:54:00.001-07:002013-04-13T19:57:41.574-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cursing</span></b></div>
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by The
Castaway Poet</div>
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<br /></div>
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I just love
cursing.</div>
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Cursing is
my hobby,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
my
pass time,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
my daily
mode of relaxation.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I love it.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Cursing is
my medium</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
and my muse.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
It's how I
express myself.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I love
cursing.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Unfortunately,
I can't curse all the time-</div>
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like at my
job,</div>
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around my
children,</div>
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around my
mother.</div>
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I even like
replacement curse words</div>
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which come
in handy</div>
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if you have
some serious cursing to do,</div>
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but it may
be construed as inappropriate.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I can work
in replacement words as easily</div>
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as I can
with the genuine article. </div>
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Oh snap!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
What the
frick did you think I was going to say?</div>
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Shut the
front door!</div>
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Oh sugar!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Aw, fudge!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
These words
can help ease stress, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
they may
just not be as impressive</div>
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as the real
deal.</div>
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(Or as fun
to say,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
If you want
to be truly honest </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
with yourself.)</div>
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And since
they aren't as shocking</div>
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or
impressive, sometimes you have</div>
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to just
shout obscenities</div>
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so loud that
your neighbors think</div>
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you're
watching <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maury</i> </div>
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with the
bleeps removed.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I love
cursing.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Some would
say that if you have to resort</div>
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to curse words,</div>
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you sound
uneducated with nothing better</div>
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to say.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i> say</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
sometimes
it's easier to express myself</div>
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or get my
point across</div>
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with an oh
so handy curse word.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Usually,
when you curse,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
no one
misunderstands </div>
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or
misinterprets</div>
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what you are
saying.</div>
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It's pretty
hard to think someone</div>
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is having a
good day</div>
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when they
are muttering </div>
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"Oh,
shit! Oh, shit!"</div>
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as they walk
</div>
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down the
street.</div>
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You just get
out of their way</div>
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and leave
them be</div>
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because you
can hear </div>
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that they
have problems.</div>
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Some people
frown when others </div>
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curse around
them,</div>
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but I'm sure
that they are cursing </div>
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deep down
inside</div>
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where no one
can hear them,</div>
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"Please,
just shut<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your damn mouth!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
There are
children present."</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I love
cursing.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I learned to
curse at my grandfather's knee.</div>
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He was a
wizened, </div>
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toughened,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
blue collar farmer.</div>
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He would
cuss up a storm</div>
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at anyone</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
or anything</div>
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that screwed
up</div>
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or crossed
his path.</div>
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To me, he
was a great guy,</div>
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and if the
penalty for cursing</div>
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was a
mouthful of soap,</div>
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that was a
consequence I was willing to accept.</div>
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(Grandpa
used lava-</div>
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now that was
cuss-worthy experience!)</div>
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My mother
would shudder in horror</div>
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whenever I
repeated</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
any of my
grandpa's choice phrases.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
What mother
wants to hear </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
her seven
year old</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
call the
family cat</div>
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a
sonovabitch?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I love
cursing.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In fact,
studies now show that cursing</div>
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can be
beneficial to your health.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Say what?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Cursing can
be so good for you?</div>
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Take that
all of you who are too</div>
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easily
offended!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Mwah-ha-ha!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We cursers
will take over!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
But
seriously,</div>
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If you are
hurt</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
or get hurt</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
cursing
helps</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
alleviate</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
and
abbreviate</div>
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the pain!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
If you
curse, you are able to </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
withstand
more pain</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
than if you
don't!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
If you
curse,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
your pain
goes away</div>
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faster</div>
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than </div>
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if </div>
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you</div>
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didn't </div>
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curse</div>
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at</div>
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all!</div>
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So, what's
the big fucking deal?</div>
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I love
cursing.</div>
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I string
curse words together</div>
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and it's a</div>
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fucking art.</div>
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Cursing to
me is like</div>
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Leonardo Da
Vinci to oil paints.</div>
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Someday, I
will create <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my</i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Starry Night</i> through a string of curse
words</div>
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the world
has never seen.</div>
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So get off
my back when I am</div>
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stringing
expletives together.</div>
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I may be
sculpting my David,</div>
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my Mona
Lisa,</div>
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my Venus De
Milo,</div>
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my
masterpiece</div>
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out of
words.</div>
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I love
cursing,</div>
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so </div>
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back the
fuck off</div>
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and leave me
the FUCK alone.</div>
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