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March 15, 2016
By gladinorsk SILVER, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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gladinorsk SILVER, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I said to the LORD, &quot;You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.&quot; Psalm 16:2<br /> <br /> (I&#039;m not clumsy. I just do random gravity checks...Yep, still works!)

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my addiction: squeezing yet-some benefit
out of the triple-check, the sixth-over
my crime: premeditated overkill, which
murders any courage i have left, captures
me in the straitjacket of comfort-at-all-costs
i’d certainly go insane without my
backpack of just-in-
cases and you-never-knows (packed
and repacked four times – organized and
cataloged), my crutch
which has retarded my progress, sent me
stumbling into the chasm of procrastination, of fear
and i can’t free myself until i
realize: adventure never
comes to the prepared; you must
go out to meet it

© Caelyn C., Webster, NY

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