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The Bare Handed Mole Toss

Though you might think I seem country And there's a lot of that in my roots I was raised metropolitan, Not much on plows, guns and boots! Once when my stepson came over To cut up a fallen tree for wood I happened to see a dead mole Right next to my feet, where I stood My wife said, "Just get rid of it!" I asked, "Is there a bag around?", "Maybe some gloves or a tissue?" About then my stepson looked down He suddenly picked up that mole And then tossed it into the trees That gave me a chill all over, Without even having a breeze! My wife laughing, didn't really help My known lowest of self esteems Showing that in no uncertain terms I'm not the mole tosser of her dreams!

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Date: 10/4/2019 3:59:00 PM
I don't think I could toss a mole either (so I gotta ask - is this a true story?)
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Pat Adams
Date: 10/5/2019 3:35:00 PM
Yes it is. Actually I wrote the poem the same day it happened! I thought they would be bigger. It was about 4 or 5 inches long.......Gross......80)....pat
Date: 9/29/2019 8:39:00 PM
G'day PAT … you've got one over me this time Pat. We don't have moles to toss down here. Would a rat do? Thanks Mate - Lindsay
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Date: 9/30/2019 3:01:00 PM
Uhhh.......Yeah! Dead or alive I'm not getting near either one of em!...........Just sayin'........pat
Date: 9/29/2019 2:44:00 PM
Gosh, Pat -- not to be the mole-tosser of your wife's dreams. Bummer, Man! LOL. Loved that ending, friend! Smiles, Gershon
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Date: 9/30/2019 3:00:00 PM
I'd like to say I'm working on it but......nope! That'll never happen!.....80)
Date: 9/28/2019 6:52:00 PM
Oh, bittersweet enlightenment--poetically well told! ~ Aloha always William
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Pat Adams
Date: 9/28/2019 8:40:00 PM
I thank you William. Have a great evening!....pat

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