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School supplies include pen, pencil, paper, and (to make corrections) an eraser.

Not too soon, students use a calculator. They learn to count first; complex math happens later.

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Marked with a smiley face, a box cutter is staring at me. It looks happy (and potentially stabby).

Sharp is its “hairstyle”, and maybe also its mind. Its facial expression at least looks kind. (The smiley face was drawn with ink. Pictures of this can be found via the following link: http://whendeadlinesbecomezombies.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/marked-with-a-smiley-face-a-box-cutter-is-staring-at-me-it-looks-happy-and-potentially-stabby/ )

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A publisher of science fiction prefers to use a laser printer; its laser warms up papers during the winter.

An inkjet printer may be terrific, yet a laser printer sounds more futuristic.

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Haiku about Receipts with Coupons

Long and unwanted receipts with coupons can be like toilet paper.

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The empty stapler got refilled with [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

or ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] . Attachments via brackets can capture some magic. I’m liking this poem’s semantics; it might fail or be a classic?

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At an office supply store, a customer seems TEMPTED TO PUNCH a clerk

because that customer specifically wanted a 3-hole punch, and that customer learned from a clerk that the store does not have a 3-hole punch and because that clerk then mentioned to that customer that the store at least has three single-hole … Continue reading

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