His wife takes him to dinner
as she always does
on his birthday wearing
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The longer I live the greater Martin Luther King looks
compared with those who have tried to carry on his work.
The man had integrity, guts, ideas and class.
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Pete reads a story about an artist
who never sold a painting until he was 80
and then sold one for a million dollars.
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Someday you'll be in bed dying
like I am now and people you love
and some you don't will come by
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On a clear day in the day room
he will tell anyone he has
had an askew life.
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It's never what she says
always how she says it
and how she stands
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Dylann Roof defended himself
in the sentencing phase of his trial
after he was convicted of killing
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Paul was at the office when the
first atomic bomb fell and when
Muntz TVs replaced console radios
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There are a lot of people like me
neither rich nor poor, idling
in the middle who have never wanted
for anything in our lives.
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A corner sentinel for 40 years,
Charlie's Diner is the only
landmark in a neighborhood
of blue-collar people
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