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Portia Nelson

Autobiography in Five Short Chapters

September 10, 2014 by Aaron Graves

By Portia Nelson Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in I am lost . . . I am helpless It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter II I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole …

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