ugly.
...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
ugly. belongs to the following groups:
Masterpieces: Literary Workshop,
The Urban Environment and
WMG
i have slipped into a new world,
one that i rather like.
altering one’s state
is just another plane of reality.
full of surprises and disappointments,
on a point of departure not unlike the norm.
a voyage we should all take,
and now i understand why my father drank.
it made the hideous in life seem less ugly.
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byron gates jr
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