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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 ______________________________________ [] | _____ | | | / \ | [ ] [ ] | [] | / | | | | [.]--[.]-| | [ ] [ ] | [] | \ __ | | | | \______/ | [ ] [ ] | [] \ / Y \ | | o o | / / \ \ | [ ] [ ] | _____|__| |^| |___| o o o o o | [][][]`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`[][][][][][] [][][]`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`[][][][][][] Both potential and waste at my feet ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ The cold chill of Chicago wind over my bald head ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ Mind processing the gravity of what I've read In my life... [. ]-[. ] ~~ \ ~~ _ Life of business and crime Reputations Profits The lies and the truth ___________ 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 _____________ / \ / ------- \ |---[. ]--[. ]--| | \ | | ----- | \ / ~ ~ ~ \____________/ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~#=== Another \ / O / \ day. Another Dollar ______ | {} | ------ Bridges \____/ burned. + + + + + money earned + + + + My heart yearns... As fleeting as the ember burns Lesson? Not learned.