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THIS IS ENTIRELY FICTIONAL
Best read slowly to the soothing sounds of Burma Road by Greg Adams
Read the note above. Entirely fictional. Greg Adams' "Hiden Agenda" album cover and "Burma Road" is my inspiration for this writing.
Half-smoked cigarette on the street
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Both potential and waste at my feet
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The cold chill of Chicago wind over my bald head
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Mind processing the gravity of what I've read
In my life...
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Life of business and crime
Reputations
Profits
The lies and the truth
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bottom line
And just for a moment --
-- just a moment
I think of my son in Minneapolis.
He doesn't know who I am
He might be my son, were he only my friend
I think of the photo of him in my wallet,
And how I said I would take time to call him.
It was just yesterday when I planned that
three years ago
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Another
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day.
Another Dollar
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Bridges
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burned.
+ + + +
+ money earned +
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My heart yearns... As fleeting as the ember burns
Lesson?
Not learned.