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Outsinging the Relatives

She was turning eighty so I sent in the birds with a word. The happy birthday singers, whose trills were absurd. They outsang her relatives, they outsang the bee. They outsang her husband, but they could not outsing me.

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Date: 7/23/2022 11:09:00 AM
A cute one, Caren. And I thought you said you had no musical talent!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/23/2022 5:46:00 PM
I forgot to add that although not talented, I am LOUD.

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