I'm a radiotelephone engineer by trade, working as an electronics and RF troubleshooter since 1976 - what a waste of time! - except to pay the bills and raise a wonderful son 22, and daughter 19, both in college and doing great!
I resist any ideology, political, religious, or otherwise, which begs to place one in a club for its propagandic confinement purposes.
I study others' writings, inspecting each word for its face or ghost.
My hands are loosed from chains
The field awaits my presence today
A while longer, the sun's heat remains
The toil, my bones in pain do pay
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Many years the tale's been old
Many times the tale's been told
Many folks have yearned to hear
'Bout the boy who dreamed to China
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