How will the shutdown play out for the Tea Party?
Fail. Now—
there’s a beautiful name for a girl.
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from “The Dutiful Sister Ever Failing” by Kirsten Kaschock
How will the shutdown play out for the Republicans in general?
The sleeper in our bed isn’t us
but a projection, a template to dream on.
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from “HAMARTIA” by Alexis Orgera
How will the shutdown play out for the Democrats?
I suspect you enjoy your crank letters to advice columnists. Still, you’re not doing anything wrong, so please don’t give it up yet. Regret is the cancer of life.
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from “Looking For a Few Miles of Adventure with Dear Abby” by T.A. Noonan
How will the shutdown play out for President Obama?
That was before there was no way to get to
The other side without going the long way around,
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from “Was” by Dara Wier
How will the shutdown play out for House Speaker Boehner?
When you listen to Leonard Cohen to cheer up,
you know it’s pretty bad.
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from “You Know It’s Pretty Bad” by Gary Charles Wilkens
How will the shutdown play out for the furloughed government workers?
Brand new weather is never in question
No need to remove the you, just enjoin foreign tongues
Add another row of chairs
Welcome the aquarium above your head
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from “Fixing” by Jackie Clark
How will the shutdown play out for American citizens?
You can feel good about half of everything & the half that seems to be missing Just feel for it
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from “You Can Feel Good About” by Frank Sherlock
How will the shutdown play out for the rest of the world?
It wouldn’t have mattered if you danced
all night, let your breasts
shimmy out of the slim top
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from “STACCATO” by Marvin Shackelford
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Well, there you have it. So says the Bibliomancy Oracle!
seems pretty good to me-
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