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I tell you I am harmless

because that is simply how I see myself

I could never deliberately hurt anyone

I am one of the silliest, most innocuous

people you will ever likely meet

I am what you could call

A Laugher At Life!

I revel in irony

I feel things much too deeply

so that makes every man I meet seem mighty

shallow to me

my tender heart bleeds over even the smallest

of injustices

my grandfather would have called someone like

me a yellow bellied sap sucker

what a derogatory term

but much too true on my behalf

I must whole heartedly confess

it is a wonder that I have made it this far

with my soft marshmallow heart still in tact

the brash attitude and outlandish behavior

they are my 'fight 'till the death' loyal

protectors

I am a study in contrasts

I have painstakingly created a caricature of

myself over the years

and I wear this armor of mine oh so well

so well in fact that nobody knows that it is

only just that

a well developed facade

there, I am divulging all my secrets now

this morning seems to have a rather strange

affect on me

perhaps that is why I often choose to sleep

right through it

because I already know all my weaknesses

and limitations on an intimate first name

basis

so the pen must stop here!.....................

(Oct. 25, 1996)