November 20, 1969 - Part 2

I remember long ago saying aloud to myself "Oh, please, Ed, be nice" prior to meeting him, a new friend, for the first time. He was nice in ways peculiar to him - and now I find myself about to meet another new friend and I say again, "Oh, please, Gil, be nice" - be what I need - be a new form of what I need - let me be what I want you to be would want me to be --