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Lake Or Pool

swimming in a lake among bullfrogs and catfish natural hot springs in patches of cold water a water snake shimmies past swimming in pool heavily chlorinated reddening my eyes I long for a cool pond my own private lake in woods

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Date: 6/28/2019 12:39:00 PM
Love the imagery and contrast
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/28/2019 6:35:00 PM
Thank you Andrea. I used to have my own private lake; there was nothing more marvelous. It had natural hot springs in it. Sometimes a water snake would slide across my path in the water raising its head in slight acknowledgement.

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