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There is not now
nor will there be
a public park
that is more
deeply imbedded
in my memory
or more important
to my life
than
as the "Frances Lewis Park"
The signatory of
the Declaration of Independence
owned the property
more than
two hundred years ago
but we knew it as
WHITESTONE PARK
with the
Whitestone Bridge
linking Long Island
to the continent
in the background
A future page
will list ten reasons
why the park
is so important to me
But I will list one reason below
solely because
I just lit #142857:
I smoked my first cigaret
in Whitestone Park
(September, 1961)
and
I would like
to refer to
the suspension
over the East River as
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