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Gut Health Walks Into a Bar

#HEY, SAY... GIMME A GLASS OF ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER, FOR STARTERS...WITH A BRIGHT LEMON WEDGE, TO TAKE OFF THE EDGE! "IN FACT, MAKE THAT A DOUBLE!!" NO, I DON'T WANT NOTHING WITH FIZZ, NOTHING WITH FROTH... NO SCREWDRIVERS FOR ME, THAT MAY SET MY LIVER OFF... "SHIRLEY TEMPLES" OR "EASY LIVINGS" ARE BENEFIT PROPERTIES IN THOSE SPECIALTIES? THANKS FOR THE CLARITY! CAN'T AFFORD "DON'T MIX WELL---CAN'T YOU TELL" BLENDED POTENTIAL PENALTIES. WELL, LOOK WHO JUST BREEZED THROUGH THE DOOR? HELLO MENTALITY! HOW'S SENTIMENTALITY? STILL GOING STRONG, I KNOW YOU TWO HAVE A SOLID BOND! HEY WHAT'S WRONG... YOU HEARD A RUMOR WE, YOU & ME WEREN'T GETTING ALONG? "WHAAAAAT!" "COME ON' WE'RE FAMILY...AT THE END OF THE DAY, A TRINITY, INFINITELY***" I KNOW, I KNOW... IT'S JUST THAT... I HAD FROZEN BAGGIES OF ORGANIC BLUEBERRIES, WONDROUS! YET, I REFERENCED THOSE AS SECONDARIES! BECAUSE, I PREFERRENCED BELOW... THE DARK CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH CARMEL DROPS... *PLOP* *PLOP* *PLOP* AND *PLOP* *PLOP* *PLOP* NON-STOP! THAT WHOLE ENTIRE BAG... CRUMPLED TAG! CALL THE COPS!!! CALL THE COPS!!! DIVINE MIND, GET A GRIP! IT'S NOT EVERYDAY, IF IT WERE... I'D HAVE A PRICE TO PAY! YOU DON'T DRINK, YOU DON'T SMOKE, YOU EVEN REFUSE TO HAVE A COKE! LOOK AT ME...I'M IN A BAR HAVING A DOUBLE LEMON WATER!!! NOT EVEN ON THE ROCKS, IN JULY...89° DEGREES OUTSIDE, AS A HIGH! STOP GUILTING! QUIT TRIPPING! YESTERDAY, "DARK CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH DROPS!" TODAY, BLUEBERRY BLISS "NOT TO MISS" EMPHASIS! ALSO REMEMBER..."YOU'RE A WATERHOLIC!" "AS WELL, WE...US THREE*** HAVE TO REMAIN {SUSTAIN} A UNIFIED TRILOGY!" EXTRA LEMONS, EXTRA RHYMES, AND OCCASIONALLY... BUTTERSCOTCH CARAMEL DARK CHOCOLATIES... HOLD THE GUILT, INDEED PLEASE... "JUST ENJOY LIFE, BIG & SMALL, ESPECIALLY...." *PLOP* *GULP* *WRITE* ALRIGHT... ***RIGHT*** Renee D Gross {GHPPR} June 10th 2023#

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