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5/24/2025

Image by Mark Toney using DALL-E (2024-11-06)

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Stoved-up city I’m a stoved-up man I keep on movin’ Just as best I can Joints are achin’ And my bones do creak My hands are shakin’ And I feel so weak I’m a stoved-up man ... Do the best I can ... I’m a stoved-up man ... Do the best I can ... I’m a stoved-up man Workin’ hard all day Do the best I can Just to make my pay Try to make ends meet It’s so hard to do I refuse to cheat Stay forever true I’m a stoved-up man ... Do the best I can ... I’m a stoved-up man ... Do the best I can ... I’m a stoved-up man When my day is through I hurry on home To spend time with you You’re the only one I think about all day I wouldn’t have it Any other way I’m a stoved-up man ... Do the best I can ... Try to make ends meet ... I refuse to cheat ... It’s so hard to do ... Stay forever true ... I’m a stoved up man ... I’m a stoved-up man …

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Date: 5/27/2025 11:09:00 PM
What a joy to read, loved the sound in your words and all else ... CayCay
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Mark Toney
Date: 5/28/2025 8:23:00 AM
CayCay, thank you for sending sunshine my way. :)
Date: 5/25/2025 10:56:00 AM
What a creative write/story. Great Picture... Getting old??? Guess we need some oil in the joints. Makes me think of the old tin man. Have a blessed day writing away.......
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Mark Toney
Date: 5/25/2025 10:04:00 PM
Great comment, Paula. Yes, we need oil in the joints. ;-)
Date: 5/24/2025 12:37:00 PM
Excellent poem. Great song lyrics if out to music. Woody Guthrie type of song. I know the feeling about the joints.
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Mark Toney
Date: 5/24/2025 12:51:00 PM
Thank you, Oliver, for making my day.

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