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In communication, that which does not clarify confuses

10.16.2018 by David Murray // 1 Comment

 

so much depends

upon 

 

a red wheel

barrow

 

glazed with rain

water

 

beside the white

chickens

 

and a free

oil change

 

with every football

bat

 

and there

is cotton candy,

 

so sticky

and where was I going with this?

 

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  1. Gerry says

    October 16, 2018 at 12:11 pm

    Uh…. yeah. Kind of reminds me of those Signspotting photos that say things like, “prostate exams and sandwiches while you wait.”
    If not for the asterisk I would have thought they wanted people to donate their pets.
    And maybe they could agree on the correct usage of complimentary/complementary — or maybe they did. I’m not sure of anything anymore after reading this.

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