TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE, WHO WOULD BE 12

As ever, just out of reach…

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“And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.”

-- Raymond Carver, “Late Fragment”

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“If I had it my way, everything would change
Out here on this highway the rules are still the same
Back roads never carry you where you want 'em to
They leave you standin' there with them ol'
Transcendental Blues.”

-- Steve Earle, “Transcendental Blues”

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"Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monster’s gone
He's on the run and your daddy's here…"

-- John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy”

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