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    The Oak That Holds Secrets

    In a bar's outdoor beer garden,patrons mingle, talk politics,and eat sausagewhile downing beerbeneath an old oak's shade. Among them standsa sultry young woman,accustomed to turning headswherever she goes. Beside her mother,she surveys the crowd,catching the familiar glancesof men who notice her. Then,...

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    • Haha this is a good one and I like how you end it with the old saying.

    • dearest Tim I hate women like that money grubbers trading their looks for cash prostitutes great write ❤️

    • Powerfully penned, Tim. Another excellent write that speaks some truth my friend. Some marriages are more like business arrangements these days. Cold and transactional it would seem. Just my two cents brother. Amazing read as always. Appreciate you.

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    • Tim you paint the scene and the sultry women with masterful brush strokes of description. This took me right into the scene so that I could see everything and the storytelling here is excellent. A really great poem that puts me right there and the slice of life here is tantalizing. Our former local coroner married a young lady who had a tryst with the pool boy and the coroner left his wife. As a woman told me he should have known at his age why she married him in the first place for his money. Loved this so much.

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    Kind words don’t hurt anybody
    Nasty words hurt the most
    Save that jar of coins for a rainy day
    Because you never know when you will be short of money
    I no longer talk about dying
    Because there is more to life than I know
    The snowstorm is coming
    Dress warm if you are going out
    Soon the streets will be covered with snow
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