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Acknowledgement Forthcoming Today February 8th, 2022

Acknowledgement forthcoming today February 8th, 2022 Matthew and Abby Harris express gratitude concerning largesse regarding quite a few bags of comestibles plus two twenty five dollar gift cards applicable at Giant supermarket. After myself and the missus (courtesy friendly youngish gal) beckoned, motioned, and ushered us into the food pantry (approximately eleven o'clock this morning) from out the blustery chill wind, where Old Man Winter still prevails. I felt an effusion of blessedness viz being fêted, lorded over and treated like some dignified churchly father, when yours truly, (a garden variety Unitarian) merely scheduled appointment initially coordinated thru the person named Joe Foley. I frequently experience profound social anxiety (mitigated courtesy prescription medications), and ofttimes feel like taking flight, as adrenaline courses (née rushes) and rattles these lovely bones of mine, particularly when yours truly finds himself within madding crowd. One hapless generic garden variety guy (me, an aging baby boomer formerly many scores earth orbitz ago, a long haired pencil necked geek) plagued with panic attacks since... birth experienced accursed lifetime psychological providence, where profound anxiety prevailed. Impossible mission to describe how fast paced life in general generates utter confusion analogous to floundering trout besieges mine mental redoubt emotional helter skelter all about as if mine entire body electric forced, kickstarted, subjugated... to perform (yes folks) hokey pokey mental gears and cogs snapping, crackling, popping inside tumbler like noggin purportedly linkedin hashtagged with said mild personality disorder punctuated with debilitating panic attacks, hence qualification for social security disability. Onset of emotional paralysis stops me dead in my figurative track metaphorically wishing me to skuttle back into hermetically sealed manhole invisible among interleaved bract where safe and sound within mine secret cubby hole also known as apartment b44 at Highland Manor in Schwenksville. While listening to natural soundtrack, within the outer limits of twilight zone usually variation upon binaural beats, soothing relaxation by Peder B. Helland, an enjoyable youtube track I imagine playing knick knack paddywhack... as well as really idling away leisure time occupied with other favorite pastimes such as: playing solitaire, scrabble, reading - qua crack binding of newly purchased books, (usually at Liberty Thrift Store) crafting poems, occasionally testing my chess skills pitted against computer, backgammon, as well as solve crossword puzzles meditate (on the gift of a watermelon pickle) to self hypnotize snapchatting, kickstarting, buzzfeeding biofeedback.

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