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Byron  Gates Jr
Author: Byron Gates Jr
Word Count: 69
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...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 Here

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All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Masterpieces: Literary Workshop and WMG

the answers lie
within my reach.
i question if i want them.
will there be change
with this quest?

will there be change
without it?
will something great
inspire my heart?
will enlightenment
be mine?
what path shall become my way?

a better,
a worse,
a new,
an old?
will it be one that reaches far into my world,
carelessly exposing…

my truths?
my lies?

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byron gates jr

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