10,501. ONE WAY

ONE WAY

One way not to be plagiarized,

or stolen from, or appropriated by 

another as their own, is to be so

politically incorrect, or politically

inept, as to be untouchable. No one

else would even dream of saying

that. Another way, of course, is by

particulars, with lots of local color

and specific items and things and 

occurrences. Making it clear that

you were there, and making it, as 

well, clear that another never was.

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The ancients also said that one way 

to live is to live as if you were already 

dead. Now that's quite a different

matter -  a very heady, and a heavy,

one indeed. Yet, it too has much of

value. Living as if you were already 

dead, certainly, I'd figure, allows

 for no regrets.

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I'm sort of in-between : Being still

alive -  as I see it anyway  -  but still

restless and held 'at-large.' Like a

coffee-stain circle, on a surface of

wood, always sinking in, growing 

wider, and spreading while growing

more permanent too.