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In Hico,Texas;

city limits;on 2nd street and elizabeth avenue,near a tire shop,and its where billy the kid the out law lived and died;as brushy bill,so sad,yet here stood by those very same street names in real life,his last 3rd living descendent, generation gap as i guess we could of called it now!he wasnt dead,like all would of like to believed or masked;he was my son,mr pj bertrand jr,and me im his mom;norma jay bertrand the writer4386/homeless international poet of the usa/07!in reality how practical does that sound,but my son at 24 years of age looks more idenitical to him every day,its gets kinda spooky!in and out of hico,texas,except here he was by the same stop sign holding a white plastic sign with a christian quote on that read on wed,oct 26,05 can gods people help this family in america;why?we that is i and my family was out on a personal fundraiser walk on our own;since we were victims of both hurricanes and had no address physically and lived in our suv;that eventually quit.no organizations cared and femur refused to aid us;so we did it on our own,headed toward dublin,texas no less;off hw y6 north west for that one paticular night,it was where no one was giving rides and only passing us by;like a real loser we felt inside;in and out of hico,texas,what they didnt want to realise;billy the kid wasnt missing he was right there by my side on the side of a abandoned house of white stone;resting my shattered knee caps due to my bone cancer,on 2nd street and elizabeth avenue i was then petting billy the kid who resemblance could kill a real deer that happened by! and it could of been seen on the back on a rural map;its where njay wrote this on the side of the ditch,if the residents came up and some would be in literal tears telling him do you know who you look like;he could only nod yes mam or sir!and sigh!believe it!ask the manager of chicken express cafe america;if you think i lie;its more than just a word of mouth!i and he was both in and out of hico ,texas and thankgod it wasnt in the south;yet no body asked how?nor had the nerve to smile or laugh!or saw wowl!his living legacy america!is in actual replica on your streets;a remake of the notorious gun slinger of the west in and out of hico,texas call me and you can see him more than twice;at 409-679-5423

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