Tinkerer

Tinkerer

...sounds so much better than fixer.

Taking things apart is just something I do.
I started with my toys and other gizmos,
then moved on to more abstract things
like culture and the human psyche.

I deconstruct
in order to figure out
just how something works,
and hopefully understand it,
with a sincere hope to fix,
or maybe make it run
a little bit better.

But by my age,
I ought to have learned
it's so rarely a good idea
to analyze other people,
venturing into headspaces
where I know I don't belong.

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My wife tells me,
"Terry, tell me what you like about it,
before you tell me what you don't."
~ Terry Symens-Bucher

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