not John Henry

me against the machinei'm winningand won't enjoy a victory lapafterward i'm not winningand can't even loseunable to quit knowing triumph will mean oblivion and with nothing to provei prove nothingeach time i pass byi slowly fade awaybut i thought ...

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more ways than one

i never went to the ends of the earth for anything but i've gone beyond the boundaries of reason for most everything never pursued so much as i've been led this is no way to choose for one's self but the only way to be never placed limits on mysel...

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Gert said

back in 2003 i had a conversation with Grandma Gert about my sister. my tone was judgmental. Gert said,"Yahya, when you know who you're dealing with you're never disappointed in them."

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