recalculating: 4:21

ok
so the one defining fact at the core ofmy personality
isn't reality

i pondered that

and
i say
so what

follow me here
like it or not, i'm an american
and one of the things that has defined americans
arguably more than anyone else in the world
is their penchant for re-invention

if he were alive today
he'd be 107
and he didn't give me a lie
he gave me a story

and
it was an incredible gift
and it's not even sensible
to ask whether it's the greatest gift anyone ever gave me
because in a very real sense
it is me

so
thank you paw paw

for giving me a better back story