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Who'd a thunk that this photo would've gone and inspired a poem?

SLM from 52 Fledglings contacted me through my flickr stream to see if she could use my photo in a post as the inspiration for a poem and I said of course. Her poem starts…

A man's consciousness (generally) will
rest upon the scarcity of skirt, estimate
the taut geometry of thigh emerging and
receding with each swaying stride.

Read the rest of the piece here as well as five more photo-inspired poems.

The Missing Monday project.

ERIKA BROWN
Case Type: Endangered Runaway
DOB: Jun 20, 1991
Missing Date: May 16, 2006
Age Now: 15
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Missing City: PHILADELPHIA
Missing State : PA
Missing Country: United States
Case Number: NCMC1060384
Circumstances: Erika may still be in the local area. She has a large birthmark on her left leg. Erika may go by the alias name Ericka Burton. She may use the alias date of birth May 20, 1990.

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It was a sloppy game played in sloppy conditions, but not as bad as other rainy games due to the pristine nature of the nice and unused turf down in Miami.

The halftime show was awesome. Prince played the hits and oh man, 'Purple Rain' was unreal. Dude just wails on the guitar. And I gotta bring up an oft-quoted Chris Rock line:

Remember when we was young everybody used to have these arguments about who's better, Michael Jackson or Prince? Prince won!

As far as the commercials went, Blinq has a live roundup. For me, my two faves were the beard combover [I'm a sucker for Jim Gaffigan] and the Robert Goulet piece. I think I liked the Goulet piece simply because it made me think of Will Ferrell's imitation of Goulet.

I'm 27! But above is me, age: an hour or so?