I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.

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My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.

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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.

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I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.

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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.

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To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.

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I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.

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There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.

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That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.

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