That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 20, 2024

Sarah; the tree whisperer

Treehugger, about to get hot & heavy with her tree

/// Walter named this tree The Talking Oak,

claiming that of Olivia it spoke.

Where her carved name defaced

its rough bark she embraced

it, and wondered how Walter’s mind broke.

/// Alfred Tennyson wrote a long verse

on this subject, (it should have been terse).

Walter hears the oak speaking

of the girl he’s been seeking.

I’d critique it, but I’ve written worse.

Daphne? Are you in there?

Sarah is definitely the champion of Hide-and-Seek. Everybody else is inside the house … 2 miles away.

And the artist was named after his Maw.

Precursor to Rose and her “let it be” tree.

Moody River is just on the other side, I’ll just leave a quick note. for turnip brain.

She’s not an ancestor of Rose Gumbo by any chance?

The tree barked back enthusiasm.

“We’ve got to stop meeting like this/

Despite the arboreal bliss/

Said the lass to the tree./

Our love cannot be !

My husband knows something’s amiss!”///

Said the tree,” I believe you are right/

And I quite sympathize with your plight:/

Those scratches are nasty-/

you may need dermoplasty /

for my bark is much worse than my bite..”

“Oh Tree, please tell me, does this dress make my a ss look big?”

I can hear you back there. Are you ok? I told you that burrito looked a little suspect.

Charlotte swore that when she put her ear to the tree she could hear the sound of the forest….her friends didn’t have the heart to explain the truth to her.

Does the tree dye its leaves? They are going to Fall off soon anyway.