GEOFFREY ALLISON
Let {Generalized Identity} == {Human} ∪ {Male} ∪ {Partner}
SIMPLE & IMPERFECT
Since he's human, Geoffrey is arguably better suited for a life lived alone in the wilderness and yet he routinely & effectively adapts to social situations and occasions, like backyard BBQs, office luncheons & holiday parties.
WRITER - FIGHTER - CANDLELIGHTER
A fabulist riding the bronc of humanity's merits & foibles for that magical 8 seconds, Geoffrey is an unlicensed poet in the smoke & amber; a curious observer, an analytic, a muse amused, and independent creative and explorer of life.
AN OLD, FAMILIAR TALE
Inspired by a rich & complex story of monster-making, Geoffrey creates fictional stories, writes lyrics & composes rock guitar instrumentals in his lab. Sometimes his creations, like Dr. Frankenstein's, come to life.
A RECOVERING ACCOUNTANT, A NICKNAME
Geoffrey is no longer a practicing CPA; SIXSTRINGcpa is a decades-old nickname.
I'm a scribbler living in Kansas; a simple soul contented by simple pleasures; a man finding and enjoying beauty in the incongruent—like the beauty existing in both the straight lines of a Dickinson poem and the comedy born from the tangled mess of barbwire wrapping around the cuffs of my jeans as I enter a farmer's field while hiking. Honestly, I cannot comprehend why cultured folks with degrees from important schools, skillsets exponentially sharper than mine, and with wheelbarrows of fans are visiting this website. Certainly, your lives are interesting and rich...sufficiently fertile to produce adequate inspirations you can harvest as you ink this transient article for the digital press or novelize that important and necessary universal human theme for a traditional publisher. Yes? And yet here you are...soulless automatons in service to the specters of self-importance. WTF?!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Geoffrey and his wife + partner, Rachel, live in the KC metro area. You can find contact information for Geoffrey here. I am @unlicensedpoet.com on BlueSky. Please note, the X/Twitter handle @unlicensedpoet is not me.
Let {Generalized Identity} == {Human} ∪ {Male} ∪ {Partner}
SIMPLE & IMPERFECT
Since he's human, Geoffrey is arguably better suited for a life lived alone in the wilderness and yet he routinely & effectively adapts to social situations and occasions, like backyard BBQs, office luncheons & holiday parties.
WRITER - FIGHTER - CANDLELIGHTER
A fabulist riding the bronc of humanity's merits & foibles for that magical 8 seconds, Geoffrey is an unlicensed poet in the smoke & amber; a curious observer, an analytic, a muse amused, and independent creative and explorer of life.
AN OLD, FAMILIAR TALE
Inspired by a rich & complex story of monster-making, Geoffrey creates fictional stories, writes lyrics & composes rock guitar instrumentals in his lab. Sometimes his creations, like Dr. Frankenstein's, come to life.
A RECOVERING ACCOUNTANT, A NICKNAME
Geoffrey is no longer a practicing CPA; SIXSTRINGcpa is a decades-old nickname.
I'm a scribbler living in Kansas; a simple soul contented by simple pleasures; a man finding and enjoying beauty in the incongruent—like the beauty existing in both the straight lines of a Dickinson poem and the comedy born from the tangled mess of barbwire wrapping around the cuffs of my jeans as I enter a farmer's field while hiking. Honestly, I cannot comprehend why cultured folks with degrees from important schools, skillsets exponentially sharper than mine, and with wheelbarrows of fans are visiting this website. Certainly, your lives are interesting and rich...sufficiently fertile to produce adequate inspirations you can harvest as you ink this transient article for the digital press or novelize that important and necessary universal human theme for a traditional publisher. Yes? And yet here you are...soulless automatons in service to the specters of self-importance. WTF?!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Geoffrey and his wife + partner, Rachel, live in the KC metro area. You can find contact information for Geoffrey here. I am @unlicensedpoet.com on BlueSky. Please note, the X/Twitter handle @unlicensedpoet is not me.
Partial list of completed and WIP novels, novellas, collections, music & more by Geoffrey.
Rock-n-Roll Reads Club Humanities Regnum of Collapse Redneck Santa & His Hillbilly Friends Cocaine Jones, American Rabbit Orwellian Wordsearch Brigade Jug Wine Purgatory Geoffrey Michaels Project Microfiction, poetry, short stories, long form stories, excerpts are (or will be) available here. "Bored Room (aka Boardroom) Blues" is a guitar instrumental from the 00s, from a collection of thematic guitar instrumentals I composed for the Geoffrey Michaels Project. You may listen to it at Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, and Amazon and purchase it here and at Bandcamp. |
Three weeks earlier he formed the habit of feeding birds on a daily basis. Within a week the squirrels arrived and devoured the birdseed by the bucketloads. Then, some days later, seeking an easy meal, the grackles arrived. Their feathers shimmering. Their shrill cries piercing the sound of children playing and the voices of mature neighbors talking while walking their dogs. And the grackles too ate the seed he intended for songbirds. It was a Wednesday when, while peering through the window, he noted the grackles swooping down on the squirrels. Menacing avian versions of A-10 Warthogs and Thunderbolts, they strafed the suburban rodentia. He recalled the notion: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Sage advice in this particular circumstance. And so, though currently comfortable in his retirement, he returned to his lifelong vocation and began working metal again, shaping both tin and thin, cold-rolled steel into utilitarian forms the squirrels might use against the treacherous, obnoxious, wretched and unwanted grackles. |