Short : potus by Bill Schott |
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"Don't let nobody never tell you that you cain't be someone. You can be anyone you want." Mom was adamant about this and felt that I needed to hear it again. "Your daddy," she began, "wunt never able to be what he wanted. He went to his reward as po as a chutch mouse and jus' as small." "Okay, Ma. I promise you; I am going to be the best pan handler in this city." "See there," she snapped. "Already aimin' low. You cud be the pant antler a these U- nite- ed stets um 'merica." That's how it all began.
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