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summer_in_TX

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12. Ooh, thanks for sharing that!

Reply to Aviation Pro (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 09:57 PM

Oct 31

Long ago when I was in high school UIL, that was the poem I read for the competition in poetry reading. The shy nerdy schoolgirl I was then didn't deliver it with a fraction of the effect Brian Cranston does in this.

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Ozymandias [View all] Ocelot II Oct 31 OP

Fitting LearnedHand Oct 31 #1

Fitting for an obituary, methinks, n/t dixiegrrrrl Sunday #15

WORD! - NT CommonHumanity Oct 31 #2

I think (less poetically) along these lines every time I send a package. Harker Oct 31 #3

Ocelot II............ Upthevibe Oct 31 #4

One of my favorites Warpy Oct 31 #5

Perfect. Timeflyer Oct 31 #6

All Things Must Pass Martin Eden Oct 31 #7

Or as the cartoon I saw here calls him, the Hate Pumpkin. summer_in_TX Oct 31 #11

Linus did not summon him Martin Eden Oct 31 #13

This one has been in my head for weeks. GoCubsGo Oct 31 #8

As read by the great Bryan Cranston Aviation Pro Oct 31 #9

Ooh, thanks for sharing that! summer_in_TX Oct 31 #12

Some will also recall that under old Oz (Rameses II), Egypt ran right into the "old king" syndrome. pecosbob Oct 31 #10

I pretty well memorized that poem back in high school. It's the only poem I've ever done that with. eppur_se_muova Nov 1 #14