Bill E. Payne: Blog

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.....like his songs, Walker’s book is conversational, spiced with an Army non-com’s manner in places (“if you fish with me, on my stretch of the river, you will have a river stick”).....

I sometimes do business with a NC company named Queensboro. They sell embroidered and digitally printed apparel. Each Christmas season, they have a Haiku contest. The rules are:

Only one entry per customer
A haiku is 3 lines, with 5,7 and 5 syllables per line, in that order. Ex; one two three four five / six seven eight nine ten twelve / forget eleven
Winner gets a $75 gift certificate

So, I entered. I received an e-mail about the voting process and followed the link to vote. Perusing the entries I found this: From Andy Anderson of Department of JusticeIt's beginning to look a lot like "Queensboro"  (12 syllables, 8 words)All I want for Christmas is my two "Beanie Hats."  (12 syllables, 10 words)I saw Mommy kissing her "Polar Fleece"  (10 syllables, 7 words)
I'm telling you, it is scary that we have idiots in the department of justice. Not surprising - just scary. And to think my Mom wanted me to get a government job!
Anyway, if any of you readers are Queensboro customers, [...]

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