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1. about 9 hours ago on That is Priceless

   I guess semantics is what some people called it back in the “Gay Nineties,” but harder is better.

2. about 9 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// So, despite what her father was thinking,

   the two lovers got turned on while drinking.

   They each found a position

   to enable coition.

   Iron bars were no bar to their linking.

3. about 9 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Papà cruelly allows them to meet.

   He assumes that his triumph’s complete.

   That, therefore, there will be no

   out-of-wedlock bambino.

   But two can make love up on their feet.

4. about 10 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// She feels longing from deep in her soul.

   Separation has taken a toll.

   Lovers meet to feel bliss

   despite bars with The Kiss.

   (Papà calls iron gates “birth control.”)

5. about 10 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Her papà thinks her lover’s beneath her.

   “He just lusts for the gold I’ll bequeath her.”

   Papà locked her away

   behind walls through the day,

   and at night she is knocked out with ether.

6. about 15 hours ago on That is Priceless

   Maybe it’s just me, but when I first saw the painting, I thought the boy looked exactly like a young Mr. Spock from Star Trek: (1) The cut of his dark hair, (2) His serious expression, (3) His slanted eyebrows, (4) His shadowed ear, (which could be pointed for all we know), and even (5) His long-sleeved blue shirt with what looks like a high thin black collar.

7. about 16 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Weaving baskets just didn’t compute,

   but Spock wouldn’t complain; he stood mute.

   Silent protest might linger

   by displaying one finger—

   an unorthodox Vulcan Salute.

8. about 20 hours ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Speaking only for myself, I live in NYC (currently the Bronx, but I am in Manhattan very frequently) because I can be very near large numbers of world class museums, numerous choices of live theatre, fine restaurants, some of the best doctors, hospitals and universities in the world, many of my relatives and friends, an invigorating change of seasons, and millions of strangers who are often very interesting, caring people when you get to know them.

9. 1 day ago on That is Priceless

   /// Time they spent basket weaving was greater

   than a more scientific creator.

   No plan pedagogic

   had goals based in logic.

   Thought Spock, “Built better by replicator.”

10. 1 day ago on That is Priceless

    /// Once, Amanda took Spock back to Earth,

    (that’s the planet of Sarek’s wife’s birth).

    Spock helps fashion this basket,

    and though he’d never ask it,

    the lad questions his uncle’s job’s worth.