Once, when I was younger, I ...

Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I\'d move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I\'d meet Ingrid Bergman. Or more realistically - whether actually more realistic or not - I\'d tune in on a better life, something more suited to my true self. Toward that end, I had to undergo training. I read The Greening of America, and I saw Easy Rider three times. But like a boat with a twisted rudder, I kept coming back to the same place. I wasn\'t anywhere. I was myself, waiting on the shore for me to return.
Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet Ingrid Bergman. Or more realistically - whether actually more realistic or not - I'd tune in on a better life, something more suited to my true self. Toward that end, I had to undergo training. I read The Greening of America, and I saw Easy Rider three times. But like a boat with a twisted rudder, I kept coming back to the same place. I wasn't anywhere. I was myself, waiting on the shore for me to return.

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