Fable

i am no teacher .

if i teach ,

i need you to

see something .

elsewise ,

i am failure .

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and you frustrate me .

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but that is not me !

' frustrated ' ! ?

that is

NOT ME.

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i am no teacher .

but a full life ,

i have lived .

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yet i am no teacher .

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so, what am i ?

overflowing with life .

brimming with story -

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yet in no rush to tell any .

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your life ?

just as vivid .

your story ?

just as mythic .

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a decision

must be made :

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or

perhaps

a clarification .

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when you share

your story

i learn

from you .

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you

teach

me .

whether

you

damn want to

or not .

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so

maybe i can learn

to share

my story

and not

feel

like a jerk .

maybe

it can help you

the way you

helped me .

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i believe

my life is a fable .

for me ,

it has been .

to you ,

maybe , just

story .

to me ,

fable .

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i am no teacher .

but i have life

to share .

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if life

is of interest ,

i hope

you will dare .

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listen ,

identify ,

as best you are able .

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and then ,

you determine ,

whether story

or fable .