Going Deep: A Gay Guide to Reality

Going Deep: A Gay Guide to Reality

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Going Deep: A Gay Guide to Reality
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Echoes of our previous lives

Echoes of our previous lives

Transplants take root, but the echoes of our previous lives live deep inside us.

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Mike Gerle
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Echoes of our previous lives
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Originally Posted March 29, 2013

Transplants take root, but the echoes of our previous lives live deep inside us.

I try to cover the tainted reverberations of small-town youth with a gym body, fierceness, designer tennis shoes, and biting wit – but the seed of discontent will always be with me. It lays dormant, unfed, and contained. I had convinced myself…

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