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    Thirty-One Big Bills
    Thirty-One Big Bills
    Thirty-One Big Bills
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    Thirty-One Big Bills

    By Thomas M. McDade

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    Thirty-one poems about a "colorful" housepainter I worked with one summer when I was young.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. McDade
    Release dateFeb 19, 2013
    ISBN9781301742356
    Thirty-One Big Bills
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    Thomas M. McDade

    Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. tommmcd2000@yahoo.com

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      Thirty-One Big Bills - Thomas M. McDade

      Thirty-One Big Bills

      By Thomas Michael McDade

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 Thomas Michael McDade

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

      Special thanks to the following publications that have published or accepted many of these poems: Autocast, Bender, Blindman’s Rainbow, Blue Collar Review, Brown Bottle, Circle Magazine, Connotation, Jaw Magazine, Nerve Cowboy, Old City Cool, The Pawtucket Times, Pitchfork, Red Dancefloor.

      Contents

      1-Big Bill’s Safari

      2-Big Bill’s Prophecy

      3-Big Bill Blabs

      4-Big Bill And Chauncey

      5-Big Bill’s Numbers

      6-Big Bill And The Parking Lot

      7-Big Bill And The Moon

      8-Badmouthing Big Bill

      9-Big Bill Under The Big Top

      10-Big Bill’s Benefits

      11-Big Bill Takes It On The Chin

      12-Big Bill And The Bible

      13-Big Bill And The Dispatcher

      14-Big Bill’s Sponsors

      15-Big Bill And The Lieutenant

      16-Big Bill’s Lesson

      17-Big Bill’s Streak

      18-Big Bill’s Count Me Out

      19-Big Bill And The Chinese System

      20-Big Bill’s Film Review

      21-Big Bill And My Promising Rise

      22-Big Bill’s Punchline

      23-Big Bill’s Veins

      24-Big Bill’s Pain

      25-Big Bill Punches In

      26-Big Bill’s Music

      27-Big Bill’s Heart

      28-Big Bill Busted

      29-Big Bill Drools

      30-Big Bill’s Last Christmas

      31-Big Bill And The Panic

      1-Big Bill’s Safari

      When I got fired

      from McHale’s Quarry

      due to an extended

      drinking binge,

      Big Bill

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