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If Allowed One Re Do

If I as allowed to go back in time to do one re-do, Limited to one change in my past. Which one would I choose? There are so many mistakes I would like to correct. Wait! Here is the one that started me on my life of crime. The day I yelled NO in a mean, loud way to my teacher. And she made me sit in the alcove for an hour wearing a dunce cap So all the kids could make fun of me. 1958. Chariton, Iowa, Columbus School. I would go back and bomb that school So no one would laugh at me. No. wait. Maybe I would go back and just try my damnest not to yell no to my first grade teacher. I doubt if that would work though, because I remember trying not to do it. Wait! I would go back to November 22nd, 1963 Columbus School , when I came back from lunch at home And some big kid yelled from the top floor “Hey, the President was shot!” and I yelled back “The president of what?” I would like a redo of that moment. Then I would feel smarter somehow.

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Date: 1/23/2021 6:04:00 AM
Here’s a thought Caren, would you warn JFK, if you got your one re-do, or just let it happen again, you don’t have to answer that, might change the whole history of the world, cheers David
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David Kavanagh
Date: 1/24/2021 2:06:00 PM
Somehow I knew you’d say that, a real poet come hell or high water.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 1/23/2021 5:17:00 PM
I sure would!
Date: 1/22/2021 5:13:00 AM
You bring back the feelings of childhood! I love you so. You are a real person! Thanks for letting you out!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 1/22/2021 12:39:00 PM
I am so real. It is ridiculous.

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