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Been a student.
Learned and been taught.

Forgotten most of it by now
like Algebra and French
except the writing. And
some things
that can’t be taught.

Other things
I didn’t learn in school
like telling stories and jokes
that are learnt by listening.

Sitting around campfires
when some was truth,
some memories,
and some was downright lies.

When they ask
I say I write.
“What do you write?” they question.
What should I say? Words? Stuff?

Letters or poems?
Will novels and memoirs
resonate with my interrogators?
What does any writer write?

“I am a scribe.”
Sometimes.

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Look both ways for self-identification.
Know the how’s, when’s, and whatever’s.
Mind the gaps and watch for traps but try to be what you say you are.