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We'll Always Have Paris Hilton. BY BRIAN HOWE - - - -  1. Paris Hilton digging in her bag  2. Paris Hilton walking down the street  3. Paris Hilton and Chad Muska eat  4. Paris Hilton putting a box in her box  5. Paris Hilton and Chad Muska looking dumb  6. Paris Hilton's ass  Pulling candy out of a girl's ass  Instead of a Chihuahua in a Prada bag  I don't have any fake parts, and I am not dumb  She starts to freak out, running up and down the street  Digits spilled from Paris's electronic address box  Note to self: stop eating  I lie about what I eat  While Bush threatens to kick the world's ass  How can I make my own soundproof box?   She "accidentally" hits me with her freaking plastic bag  Points to the deserted strip mall down the street  And you have an avatar saying Bush is dumb?   My newspaper told me Bush was dumb  He shall not lie down until he eat  The 10,000 pro-tennis llamas down the street  In the end, our God will kick their god's ass  As she reaches out to drop the candy in the bag  It was like being inside a huge white soundproof box  Boxes! Boxes everywhere! He had to pick a box  There Is Outsourcing Because We Are Dumb  Coroners accidentally drop a body bag  It is far more appropriate for man not to eat   Balaam's Ass  Cautiously moves up the deserted street  SHOT of the car careening down a deserted street  He couldn't pick a box  So let us remember Balaam's ass—his talking ass  This is going to sound really dumb  You should not eat anything that you could not eat  In an American body bag  "Look smart" on the streets and fear of "looking dumb"  In a box within a box within a box I was trying to eat  Not see someone's ass zipped into a body bag    MORE SESTINAS

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