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    At the Top There Is No One to Look Up To
    At the Top There Is No One to Look Up To
    At the Top There Is No One to Look Up To
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    At the Top There Is No One to Look Up To

    By Randall M Jordan

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    A collection of writings found in the office of Randall M Jordan. Gathered from notebooks and scattered papers. This is the first in a series of efforts to pull together Randall's writings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateDec 29, 2015
    ISBN9781329776258
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      At the Top There Is No One to Look Up To - Randall M Jordan

      At the Top There Is No One to Look Up To

      At The Top There Is No One To Look Up To

      Randall M Jordan

      King Vandall’s Library

      2015

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2015 by Randall M Jordan

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

      First Printing: 2015

      ISBN -978-1-329-77625-8

      King Vandall’s Library

      2492 Judson Ave

      East Point, GA 30344

      kingvandall@gmail.com

      Dedication

      To all the moments that have

      led up to now.

      Preface

      If you have made it to this page I thank you. If you make to the pages beyond then enjoy. The pieces held within were mostly written in the 1990s. The whole of the 90s saw me go from a 15 year old to the age of 25. I met a lot of people during that time and all have inspired me.

      The people I have met have gone on to be many things from Grammy winners to stay at home parents to teachers to painters to anything you can imagine, but one thing they all still remain is an impact on my life.

      As I put together this collection I was remembering the situations that led me to put some of these words on paper. There was the time I was sitting in a church in the middle of the night by myself, a friend committing suicide, loves that were not meant to be, friends being friends, driving through the Appalachian Mountains trying to find Jesus, and just how I felt about the direction of the world around me.

      The Writings

      If I knew

      I could have seen the next day

      maybe put today in perspective

      but

      I could never figure the

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