Oh, rough, & written that way, Ken.
Doug
On 21-Apr-10, at 7:25 PM, Ken Wolman wrote:
> A PARTING GIFT FOR MY FATHER
>
> It was my final gift to my father, my parting gift
> to the man who said aloud, in the earshot
> of all who could hear him, that I was
> a piss-ant, a coward--that by trying
> to kill another child to validate his name
> and realize his memory
> I could salvage my reputation
> for the dead man who would never know
> the offering I made to him.
>
> --
> ----------------------------
> Ken Wolman
>
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> http://wearethecure.org/friends/cids-memory-p-394.html
>
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