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Lanky S Chronicles

Lanky’s Chronicles
We meet a long-limbed white boy that said his family was owners of slaves. He was a leggy ole boy and bony angular in his physical ways. Uncle Tom was from his past. He described plantation life as [w]holistic. We nicknamed him Lanky. Lanky always got to the point. He lives in Gross Point Park, Michigan. He talks for hours non-stop. He was wealthy. He was well off. Lanky was very sharp. Now, one thing we have discovered about Lanky is that his family migrated from the South, which really did not make since when he was white. He said it was done during the surfacing of Industrial North. They came to form a greater empire. 1930s is when this took place and today Lanky is an ole boy well to do in Southgate.
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Lanky is an ole boy from the Confederate South. He married a Cherokee woman and became tribal. He became Chief of the Creek Tribe. He was a White Indian in black folk’s lives. His family migrated to the North. They established themselves in Chippewa territory. Peace was kept and life became whole. Lanky was seen as a canon in focus with a dogma purpose. His annals are archived at the Smithsonian. Lanky demised in 2005. This is to bring forth knowledge of his life. ___________________________________| Penned on June 5, 2014 @ 12:33 A.M. EST!

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Date: 6/4/2014 11:43:00 PM
One of my favorite authors, Ronald Everett Capps once wrote: "See what is invisible and you will see what to write." Talking about the invisible people we meet from day-to-day, the invisible people we sometimes become. You've done your friend Lanky proud with this verse. Thank you for sharing. Love & light, sister. - Mal
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Verlena S. Walker
Date: 6/4/2014 11:52:00 PM
I was told that a tall tale always form a truth. Thanks for your discussion and supportive remarks Malkavian... Verlena

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