I think this is what I am trying to get at...in my own rudimentary way.
There is no basis for a comparision to and there is no escape from the floodlight of history. Not yet at least. And I suppose it's a bitch, but not much of one for me when I consider the alternatives.
Thank you, roachboy.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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