Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twe…

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Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its fruit was diamonds. It attracted human beings who killed each other around the roots and made very good fertilizer. ✨ KURT VONNEGUT, JR (1969). SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
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