it's only punk rock [but i like it!]

shortly after winning the nobel prize in literature poet seamus heaney was interviewed by TV journalist charlie rose

rose asked heaney if growing up catholic in ireland influenced his poetry & his life

--there is the experience of growing up catholic, said heaney, & there is the fact of growing up catholic in northern ireland

--my answer to both of these queries is TOTALLY

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i am the same age now as heaney was then

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i think of my own experience of being a suburban gringo northern california working class boy with a hispanic name in 1980s america

+ the experience of punk rock music & diy ethos on a suburban gringo nothern california working class boy with a hispanic name 

--the answer is TOTALLY