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Greg Burns

Greg Burns

A safety engineer, and amateur poet who lives with his wife in the suburbs of Melbourne Australia. Father of two young adult daughters, both of whom have left home. Diagnosed on the spectrum in his mid-50s, and believes that insight enables the ongoing enrichment of all his relationships.
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