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    The Laments of a Lumberjack

    By Dode Sescri

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    A lumberjack sits outside his log cabin, full of grief and resentment, he weeps bitterly, he laments the loss of his recently wed beauty queen who walked out a few days ago and left him in the woods, the vivid memory of that day fills his heart with bitterness, he knows not what to say nor what to do, in his solitude he tries to figure out whom to blame, "could It be those nasty friends of hers that talked her out, or could she have been snatched off by his rivals?" He contemplates for a very long time, and comes up with thousands of meaningless explanations and ways to bring her back. At last, he reminds himself that no matter what he does, Birdie is not coming back home, she is gone forever...

    A guy and a lady were enjoying their first date when the lady suddenly clenched her fists saying, ''I am a strong and independent woman, don’t trash talk me please,'' this act came out of the blue and caught the guy completely by surprise. He almost choked himself with food as he responded, ''yes, I know you are a strong and independent woman, you don’t have to remind me that, and besides, why are you clenching your fists? Are you eager for a fight?

    Some aspects of feminism have really messed up with the heads of some women and it appears that it is really affecting their love life. It's becoming a lot more difficult for young men to find a loved one these days. Nearly all the young women of marriageable age are showing outright aggressive behavior even on their first date. It's so difficult to mend a relationship where both partners are aggressively pursuing their own selfish interests all the time.

    There are lots of people out there who claim to be experts in love and relationships. Some folks who pay them a visit often give them suggestions saying, ''please don’t lecture me on how to best relate with my spouse, bring her back if you can, just talk to her and make her return to me. I did not violate her in any way, that I swear, please go and bring her home to me, for I am growing desperate. I have heard so much advice from the so-called love doctors and their recommendations aren't doing me any good. All I want is to see my sweetheart back at home with me, it’s the only thing that will truly calm down my mind and warm my heart.'' says the ditched man.

    A lot of ladies nowadays go into relationships as if they are going into a fierce fight. Thanks to the emancipation progress of women, they always come armed to the tooth, with every fashionable weapon they can reach, they use everything at their disposal to get onto the guys' nerves and put them to the test. Romantic love and relationships, however, were supposed to be something enjoyed by both partners, not a boxing ring where the other partner wants nothing less than a knockout blow.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDode Sescri
    Release dateSep 27, 2016
    ISBN9781370338573
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    The Laments of a Lumberjack
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    Dode Sescri

    Let me tell you a story, it goes like this..."Once upon a time there lived a rat and a cat, they were very good friends, they lived happily in their wooden shack, they shared everything between themselves, when one of them got some food, he would share it with the other. One day the rat did something very bad, he annoyed the cat who then out of rage slapped him very hard, the rat was seriously injured by the blow and then died. That’s the end of my story..."Yarn spinning is a skill that is deeply ingrained in our blood, we are descended from a long line of great story tellers, there is no story we don’t know how to tell, we always find time to amaze our audiences with great tales, both the contemporary and the legends of the old...My old time friends Jiji and Kaki are the two fellows that have greatly influenced my writing and life at large, when you hear them speak you are led to think they know everything, Jiji was very good at debates, I don’t remember a single day when he lost a contest. Kaki on the other hand was a great story teller, I don’t know where he got his stories from, we simply enjoyed them, we never cared about his sources either, he had lots of them too. One thing I loved about this little fellow was that I never got bored around him. He would flood your ears with thousands of stories at a time and there is no single moment when he will tell you the same story twice. Jiji was somehow a fanatic. When there is a discussion then individuals get stuck at a point where nobody has any further information, all are ignorant, that’s when he jumps onto the dance floor, claiming he knows it all, I have never met anyone who loved arguments more than Jiji, even a simple discussion he would turn it into an argument. He had a strange way of convincing people to believe his claims, even though you had with you solid facts that proved him otherwise, you still couldn’t beat him...

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