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PART OF THE ARTICLE. FOUND THING. PICKENS HIGH SCHOOL. MAY 1983. MIKE BLATT. I TYPE UP. SHARE AT UGA WORKSHOP. COLEMAN BARKS. STUDENT TO IOWA WRITERS WORKSHOP. MARVIN BELL'S COLUMN IN AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW. GERMAN PRODUCER.

YESTERDAY I MESSED AROUND WITH EVERYTHING.
GOOFED OFF ALL DAY.

I GAVE AWAY FIVE OF MY BULLDOG PUPS YESTERDAY.

EDDIE POTEET GOT THREE.

LYNN AND ROMEO GOT TWO.

I WENT OVER TO MA'S ABOUT DARK AND ATE SUPPER.

THEN I WENT HOME AND WENT TO BED.

I HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT MY LIFE.

AND I JUST REALIZED THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS.

I WILL EXPLAIN.

I LIVE BY MYSELF.

I LIVE ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM MY MA.

I USED TO BE MARRIED.

I WAS MARRIED TO CHERRY LETTS.

SHE WAS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT.

I HAD A 1966 CHEVY CHEVELLE.

IT HAD A 350 FOUR BOLT MANE.

A 4-SPEED TRANSMISSION.

A 4:11 REAR END.

I LET HER DRIVE IT ONE DAY TO HANDY CORNER IN DAWSON COUNTY.

ON THE WAY BACK SHE WRECKED.

SHE LOST THE BABY.

SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL THREE MONTHS.

I NEVER WENT TO SEE HER.

I NOW HAVE A 69 ROADRUNNER.

IT IS BLACK AND GOLD WITH A 440 PLUS.

A FOUR-SPEED AND HIGH-SPEED REAR END.

A 77 FORD RANGER.

A 351 CLEVELAND.

AND A HIGH SPEED REAR END.

IT IS PAINTED BLACK.

I ALSO HAVE TWO MOTORCYCLES.

A YAMAHA MAXIM.

AND A YAMAHA 360.

I DIG GRAVES FOR A LIVING.

THAT IS HOW I AFFORD MY VEHICLES.