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Nonagenarian Papa Acknowledges Nearing His Finale

Nirvana awaits dada dear thine paternal parent, who helped sire yours truly, a widower these last fourteen plus years, he laments absence, and sorely misses presence regarding scatterbrain spouse, single word description, he would readily concur appellation linkedin with bubbly headed just legal bride born November thirteenth ninety thirty five learned thru the grapevine (I must telephone him... before the curtain call..., whence his spirit exits stage door left, cashes in chips gives up ghost kick the bucket rest in peace et cetera, cuz heavy sadness still pronounced since me birth mother (his wife) departed about three years following grim terminal prognosis metastatic uterine cancer sabotaged her vivacious person doggedly die hard zest Arthur Murray ballroom instructor unbridled questing nabbed, (albeit flirtatious Lolita) husbanded coy demeanor snookered young, tall, slender, handsome, athletic bachelor unwitting prime ketch female instinct pheromone scented bewitched, enthralled, intoxicated... pretty thang wrought yoked without resistance ohm mat tickly generated electric charm crackled, popped, and snapped synapses nsync between infatuated pair future groom invoked flying colors courtesy maternal grandmother marriage spanned approximately half century, not entirely wedded bliss, yet each swore fidelity to the other ..."until death do us part".

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