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*ME*: Singer/Songwriter; Somewhat-Of-A-Self-Appointed-Poet-Of-Sorts; Musician; Member Of A Journeyman Classic Rock & Blues-Based Band; Recording Studio Rat; Epicurean-Hedonist; Freewheelin' Free-Spirited Whirlygig-Flyin' Mofo (but otherwise quite Down-To-Earth & Well-Grounded Individual); College Educated; Military Veteran; Karaoke Crooner A-Hole; Terrible Dancer; Casual/Social Drinker (with hopeful ambitions and great aspirations to work hard and earn an eventual higher rating in that regard); Independent Contractor/Small-Business-Owner; Anesthesia Technician; Biomedical Engineer; Ordinary Average Garden-Variety American Male Horndog & Rare-Occasion Typical Male Douchebag (via "HARD-wired" -- please excuse the PUN -- genetic evolutionary DNA-programming); Formerly Soul-Murdered -- but now recovering -- 12-Stepper in an Accredited "Back-From-The-Grave" Leo Marvin-inspired "Death Therapy" (Baby-Step-Based) Institution; Cunning-Linguist & Master-Debater; A Crazy Lazy Leo Basket-Case of an Astrological-Sign Screw-Up Disaster of Mammoth Proportion; Annoying Street Lunatic; Moon-Howlin' Neighborhood Nemesis-Nuisance-Pariah-Type (but with a big heart); Archetypal Complaint-Letter Writer; Technical Writer; Spectator Sports Enthusiast (although not of the fanatic "Flaming" variety .... just simply a calm-observer); Tinkering Inventor-Type; Unskilled Carpenter & General Repairman/Tradesman Cockamamie-Haywire-Nutbar; Casually-Sophisticated Hermit With The Uncanny Ability To "Clean-Up-Real-Nice" upon the right occasions; Krayzee Ba$tard Blues Harp-Playing Tumblweed-Dodgin' Howlin' Coyote; Self-Taught Quasi-Ornithologist; Nature-Boy Animal Lover and Benevolent Devoted Master To Many Fine Pets (Domestic, Feral, & Wild); Wildlife Rescue Unit Volunteer; Veterinary Medic; A Dog, Cat, Raccoon, and Bird Whisperer; $hitty card-player and Even $hittier Pool-Player (oxymoronic in both cases); and I guess I'm also one hella pi$$-poor Bull$hitter (while were on the subject of all the things I'm not very good at) ..... and I'm gettin' a little better at sex -- just gotta keep-on-tryin', I guess ..... yanno ??!!!! *MY POETRY*: Loosely-based upon my existence (no matter how noble and/or grotesque); life-experiences; existential musings & overall wonderment; an outgrowth of lyric writing (and other creative-written-expression formats and platforms and things of that ilk) .... and also pretty much any and all things that inspire me, impress me, touch me, melt-my-heart (and/or tug at the ol' heartstrings themselves), motivate me, perplex and puzzle me, scare me, and/or outrage me in some way(s) (and in all other manner just pi$$-me-off in general). I consider both myself and my poetry to be of "the-diamond-in-the-rough" and "a-work-in-progress" type of classification .... although I would not join any club that would have me as a member !!!!

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