The Old Western Bar

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Written, June 21, 2025
For The Contest, “Stones”
Sponsor, Oliver Mckeithan

*Rolling Stones:
People who are unwilling to settle for long in one place.

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A HONKY TONK WOMAN named ANGIE heads out to our bar every night. And those WILD HORSES with hombres show up to get drunk or to fight. Bar's sign, “RUBY TUESDAY” is red; behind, though, they did PAINT IT BLACK. Some sit down to start TUMBLIN DICE; ROLLING STONES stop by for cognac. Now, Angie and I hit it off; Her sweet, gentle ways stole my heart. YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. But kindness cements a good start. Too soon, it got UNDER MY THUMB! A huge fight began, as I said. This bar gets its share of mean thugs! I grabbed Angie's hand, and we fled!

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