This poem details a sadness I would experience in my drinking days when the frailties of my existence were exposed and I was left all alone again. That’s the problem with presenting a false face to people; they leave once they see the real you. That’s part of the vicious spiral, of course, as the loneliness leads to a need of yet another reinvention. Sadly, there are always people out there who will buy the fool’s snake oils.
I wrote this sometime in the early 2000s, and I’m so pleased I don’t have to live like that anymore. One thing I can say about who I am these days is that I don’t wear masks very often. I may not be the wildly impressive person I used to try to be, but I’m the man you meet when you meet me, and I’m never lonely.
How could I be? You’re here. Hopefully this gives you a better idea of how much that means to me.
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Thanks for Stopping By
There’s always a new audience
when the old audience leaves,
and all the old audiences have gone.
There’s always one more fool
who believes the lie
and embraces the offered hand.
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I am a West Virginia writer relocated to Pennsylvania. My wife, Becky, and I are raising two wonderful boys, Finnegan, ten, and Simon, six.
Dear friends,
Welcome to our website.
I am a Christian and a bartender. An alcoholic in recovery and a passionate lover of music, my writing reflects these things.
I began writing regularly in the early to mid-90s, and I have worked toward being a full-time freelance writer since then. During my time as a bartender, I did go back to school, obtaining a BA from West Virginia State University, graduating Magna, learning a second language, publishing, and editing.
Since then, it has been more writing toward the freelance goal. I'm making some headway too; I'm writing financial technology (fintech) analysis for Lending Times and about to expand that role with the company's forthcoming publication, Blockchain Times. This has brought a new flavor to my thoughts, and don't be surprised when you come upon something about blockchain tech, Ethereum, or bitcoin among these pages.
I appreciate you stopping by. If you're not sure what you're looking for, you can scroll down to the search field and search "What to read on here" (Don't use the quotation marks), and you'll see a list of posts that I feel represent the website well.
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Until soon.
Paul Keenan
Orrtanna, PA
1/23/2018
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