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The Making of Me
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The Making of Me |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America 
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I wasn't surprised to see the beast of New York City clawing at my soul I'd been to the asphalt jungle in my mind knew it to be corrupt it was Forty-Second Street Sodom & Gomorrah in the flesh you betcha reason it didn't scare me I was ready for it I'd fled worse demons than New York City had for me those were physical, lustful and perverted ones I fled from were mental for the most part show me your corruption New York City I welcomed it pizza 25₵ a slice peek shows 25₵ a peek hookers on parade rubbing shoulders with stars over on Broadway New York! whatta place new wore off didja see Midnight Cowboy yeah street devours people Ratso prime example not me I was devoured before I got there like the Midnight Cowboy expected New York to be my saving grace hah! so I took a page out of The Wandering Jew and wandered and wandered and . . . down and out and alone in a city of millions hungry, cold cold and hungry there is a difference learned streets smarts how to get by playing to my one advantage youth and attitude Jimmy Dean swagger a bit of solipsistic crude homeless when homeless wasn’t cool managed to wed three wives the last one took I finally found my niche stopped running long enough to write My Mother's Revenge twelve books later still writing remembering the mean streets they influenced me and how I take to things tend to be gruff would I do things differently if I could damn straight I would To mimic is a form of praise unless |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
You led a life I would not understand.I was a naive young thing. Always glad I married so young.It was the best life I knew. Raising a family and making our way together. An idealic life. latearrival |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Never been to the Big Apple. I've run around Los Angeles and Detroit a time or two, but I don't think they really compare. Your writing here reminds me of one of my favorite authors, Harlan Ellison. That's saying something for me. Enjoyed. Peace. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Powerful write about the life you choose to live. Not an easy path, but challenges of this kind enrich and allow greater compassion towards our neighbours and greater insight in human nature. Impressive. Love, Margherita |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
cool tunes JP..can see the fabric in this one. the best thing I ever did in NY was leave...same with DC an some others..guess the scars they left gave me targets for new tattoos though. |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Nothing wrong with being a naive young thing, latearrival. I was also, but the streets soon cured that. Sometimes people run to the extreme when they run from their background and themselves. That's my only excuse. <><><><> For sure, Margherita, the life I led for a a few decades was kinda a running from life thing. I did come away from it understand a lot more about certain social actives than Harvard professors. <><><><> Yep, Andrew, all the cities are the same they will grind you into the asphalt if you allow it. <><><><> Thanks, daark for understand that I wasn't writing this merely for shock, or for sympathy, just writing about a huge segment in my life that should have been done differently. To mimic is a form of praise unless |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Never had a desire to go to the big apple-too scary. I admire your guts to go however misguided they may have been at the time. Lori |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Ah, young and foolish perhaps, Lori, but I learned some hard lessons. Thanks for stopping by. To mimic is a form of praise unless |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
So much insight into you...great view JP! maybe not always pretty but the intensity takes on a life of it's own. Nice slices, each and every one! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Jerry...I've never been to NY, though I've wanted to see the streets cutting through buildings and the people flow; the sound of mad traffic and cold wind and the clink of a glass from the pub at the end. I think you just took me there...thanks! |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
I appreciate your kind, and honest comments, Blues. It means much to me. To mimic is a form of praise unless |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thanks, Martie. I had some tough times in New York, but I couldn't help but love the damn place. I am sure I would hate it now, but times are different, I don't have the energy that city requires for survival. Two of my children were born there, and that makes it a special place. To mimic is a form of praise unless you have no thoughts of your own |
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