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DO NOT RESUSCITATE

 NOT ASKING FOR A LIFE LINE, HELPING HAND, OR A FRIEND.  WHEN I NEEDED THOSE THINGS THEY NEVER CAME AND NOW I CAN'T GET BACK WHAT'S LOST. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1961 AND LET ME SHARE WITH YOU I'VE EXPERIENCED SOME STUFF. SCHOOLS? PLENTY. LIVED ON FIVE CONTINENTS LAST COUNT,SO I STOPPER AD YEARS AGO TRYING TO NUMBER THE COUNTRIES I'VE VISITED, BECAUSE MY MEMORY FAILS ME IN THAT DEPARTMENT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE I'VE MET, LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING EVEN MORE. I JUMP OUT OF JET 4 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE, AND HAD ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG HAPPEN AS SOON AS I MADE MY EXIT. I'VE SAVED SO MANY LIVES THAT IT IS FUNNY, AND INTURN HAD MY BUTT SAVED A FEW TIMES. BRAGGING? NOT IF YOU CAN PROVE IT. AND I CAN, BUT ANOTHER TIME. I'VE BEEN DRUNK ON MY OWN EGO, INTOXICATED ON  VANITY,DRUGS,SEX, AND LIFE. I REPEAT; NOT LOOKING FOR RESCUE, NEW FRIEND, OR ANY OLD ONES TO COME BACK. I'M WRIGHTING THIS LETTER TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE. IF IT HELPS COOL; IF IT RUBS YOU WRONG; WELL KEEP IN MIND :IT'S NEVER HOW YOU SAY IT, IT'S ALL HOW THE OTHER PERSON TAKES IT". INNOCENT I'M NOT. I STOPPED BEING THAT THE MOMENT I KNEW RIGHT FROM WRONG AND TOOK THE WRONG OVER THE RIGHT. I CAN'T AND WILL NOT JUDGE ANOTHER'S ACTIONS NOT MY JOB SO I LEAVE THAT TO THE PROS. WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT'S NOT EVEN 250 YEARS OLD YET; FOUNDED BY A GROUP OF GUYS WHO WERE LOOKING TO ESCAPE FROM A LIFE OF OPPRESSION AND HARDSHIP . THE IDEA WAS NOBLE AND THE WORDS THEY PUT DOWN WERE BEAUTIFUL, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO APPLICATION NOW THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD A PROBLEM. YOU SEE THE ONLY THING THEY KNEW WAS A LIFE OF OPPRESSION, SO FREEDOM TO THEM WAS TO BECOME THE MONSTERS THAT THEY FOUGHT SO HARD AND LONG TO GET AWAY FROM. IF YOU'VE EVER QUESTIONED WHY THINGS ARE AS MESSED UP AS THEY ARE; TRY CONSTRUCTING A 20 STORY HIGH RISE THAT'S 1" OFF AT THE BASE AND BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE 6th FLOOR THE CLOSET  DOORS WON'T BE ABLE TO CLOSE. 50 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND I REALLY DON'T SEE MYSELF DOING ANOTHER 50, AND IF I DO WE WILL STILL BE BROKEN. I'M NOT ASKING TO BE SAVED NOT BY MANKIND ATLEASE THAT IS NOT IN OUR ABILITIES BOOK NOR HAS IT EVER BEEN. PERFECTION CAN'T COME FROM SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PERFECT. THE WORD HAS NO MEANING.  WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PERFECT IS, SO WHY CHASE A RAINBOW. I WROTE IN TO AAA ONCE BEFORE AND SOMEONE WITH SOMETHING TO SAY ASKED ME" WHAT DOES RACE HAVE TO DO WITH ADDICTION?" I ASK WHAT DOES A PERSON'S PAST HAVE TO DO WITH THEIR TODAY AND TOMMORROWS? IF THAT THAT CAN BE ANSWERED THEN FOR THE QUESTION ASKED OF ME IS ALREADY ANSWERED.  HALF A CENTURY LATER I AM NEWBIE 7324 I TYPE IN CAPS TO SEE MY TYPING WORDS MAKE NO SOUNDS THEY DON'T YELL AT PEOPLE IN THEIR EARS, SO CHILL ON THE YELLING AT YOU STUFF.  DOCK ME ON GRAMMER IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE YOU'RE TEACHING ME SOMETHING. COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED. I HAVE STORIES THAT'LL KEEP YOUR INTEREST THAT'S IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT BEING VICTIMIZED, VICTORIOUS, AND THE ONE WE SELDOM USE VILLIANOUS. IF YOU CARE FOR ME TO CONTINUE OR NOT SEND COMMENTS.  

Posted: 09/13/2011 5:27 PM

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