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I NEED TO GO HOME TO MINNESOTA RO HEAL:
I CANT EXPECT ANYONE ELSE, FAMILY, FRIEND OR FOE, TO UNDERSTAND JUST EXACTLY HOW I FEEL:
     IM AS A BROKEN WHEEL:
     I KNOW I NEEDED TO GO HOME TO MINNESOTA, FOR SUCH OF A LONG TIME  ALREADY TO REGROUP AND HEAL:
I JUST WANT TO BE HOME, TO MY MINNESOTA LAND:
ON THE GROUND WHERE I WAS RAISED, IS WHERE I WANT TO STAND:
    I WANT TO FEEL THE HOT SUMMER AIR AND HEAT:
    I WANT TO REMEMBER AS A BOY, HOW I DREAMED OF BEING  AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION, THE BEST IN THE WORLD, SO GREAT AND ELITE:
I NEED TO GO HOME TO MINNESOTA TO HEAL:
I NEED TO REPAIR THIS BROKEN HEART SEAL:
    I WANT TO SIT BY THE LEVEE:
    I WANT TO WATCH THE MISSISSIPPI, RIVER RUNNING WILD AND FREE:
I WANT TO HEAR THE CRICKETS SINGING IN THE NIGHT:
I WANT TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL FIRE FLYS SHINING BRIGHT:
    I WANT TO SEE, THE SPARKLING CRYSTAL CLEAR CREEK WATERS, RUSHING ON BY:
    I WANT TO MEET THE MINNESOTA FOLKS, SO HOSPITABLE, KIND AND CARING, WITH KINDNESS TO ALL THEY CAN NOT DENY:
I WANT TO SEE THE TEN THOUSAND LAKES OF MY MINNESOTA HOME:
I WANT TO SEE THE WILD DEAR IN THE WOODS FREELY ROAM:


I NEED TO GO HOME TO MINNESOTA TO HEAL:
BACK TO MY ROOTS OF MY BOYHOOD, WHERE MY DREAMS WERE SO REAL:

BACK HOME TO MINNESOTA IS WHERE I LONG TO BE:
TO IMPROVISE, ADAPT, AND OVERCOME, ALL I HAVE ENDURED, AND SURVIVED AND BEEN THROUGH, TO-- SET MYSELF FREE:

LIKE THE GREAT AMERICAN BALD EAGLE, HOW THEY REGROUP, THEY PLUCK OUT EVERY FEATHER, EVERY CLAW, AND STAND SO RAW, AND ALONE:
UNTIL THERE FEATHERS GROW LONGER, AND THERE CLAWS GROW STRONGER, AND TO ALL IN TIME, THERE GREATNESS, SOARS AND TO ALL IS PROUDLY DISPLAYED AND SHOWN:

I NEED TO GO HOME TO MINNESOTA TO HEAL:
I NEED TO REPAIR, THIS BROKEN, SHATTERED WHEEL:



BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:
09--JULT--2015:



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