Curtis Deondre CLUTCH-TIME Cook

My Apologies

I've studied the globe but only made it halfway around the world just to see the same look on a thousand faces. Alone, I have traveled to foreign lands, rode the open road across mountains, seen sunsets high above the clouds, touched colored cliffs below waters, and walked the desert under night skies. On a dare, I have stood atop a cold white mountain, stared at the endless sea, touched the equator at its hottest, and gotten lost in a maze garden.

Through it all, I remain well-done, never watered down, and hands-on with it - always committed to being the exception to every rule. Each day, in every way, I put in the effort to be better, always starting from where I am, using what I have, and doing what I can. I can proudly talk it, walk it, and show you the way - building something out-of-nothing time-and-time again.

With the help of a few, I've discovered real music, mastered the secret to a mixed drink, enjoyed the taste of a good cigar, and gained an appreciation of gator boots, tailored fabrics, and a stiff wide brim. A creative thinker with realistic beliefs, I train myself to only feel about things I should feel about, and think about things I should think about. Like those before me, I've grown old too soon and smart too late to change the things I can't accept, understanding now that the pen is mightier, pictures only show perception, rhetoric is never empty, and that it is easier to avoid than to resist.

SEE ME, and then look again to find me Somewhere Always in another lane, at a higher gear, on the road less traveled - a stray turned Devil-Dog, made Pedigree, Semper Fi and Semper Paratus.