i'm done.
...and what are the words one uses to describe a compilation?, works from my entire life?, fifty years of carrying around a yellow pad?, fifty years of writing and rewriting, changing the words, as their meanings change for me?
These pieces are extracted from my book of prose, “50 truths and 50 lies, the first 50 years.” Available From: http://www.cafepress.com/byrongates.26516064
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i can
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r reje
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i am
at my
last p
oint o
f toler
ance.
today
i end
the pain.
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byron gates jr
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xxfaithxx
only so many letters can fill the words that are needed to express
Interesting way to write, but effective and powerful
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Byron Gates Jr replied
Thanx
We relate.
We empathize.
Byron Gates Jr