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Kennon Ballou's avatar

Bravo! I loved every paragraph and can’t wait for more!

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John Andrew Sherer's avatar

This piece rips.

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Mxtyplk's avatar

The thing about this is that it sounds extreme and far fetched but you look at the street kids in any number of US cities and you know it’s a common story that’s been repeated probably hundreds of thousands of times.

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Bob Loder's avatar

Wonderful style. Easy to climb into your head. Keep it coming.

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Familia Stone's avatar

Find the right director and screenplay writer and in my mind I'm envisioning a film entitled The Life and Times of Andrew Hickman

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Husky's avatar

Very extreme foray into the street underworld. When u 1st started tramping how did u frame it? As in, why were u out there? Did u have a grand idea of purpose?

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Husky's avatar

I’ll answer my own question. Maybe freedom or love of geography initially. But the spun begun & it was ‘life that was bad’ which dictated ur bimmer like existence. To what do u owe your escape? I’ll answer that too: God.

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Pam Atkinson's avatar

Brilliant!!

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Cindy S.'s avatar

I’m glad you’ve survived to tell the story.

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DD's avatar

Love the BMW 'catafalque', and the movie 'Bumer' which I intend to check out....powerfully moving, evil is a real thing I'm beginning to feel....God bless!

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