I'm a quick cut, with a sharp edge fine, A small piece removed, with a clipping sound divine, Used by crafters, and DIY delight, I tidy up things, making them just right.

African, American, Asian. Banal barrage of banter. Constantly craving a cracker. Determined yet dawdling demeanor. Emulating and endearing, but excreting. Flighty, feathery, and fanciful. Grey, green, and gem gamuts. Hueful, heedless heckler. Impecunious, inexorable imbiber. Jaunty jester ot jargon. Kooky, klutzy, and kinetic. Large and little lineages. Majestic, mottled minion. Nonsensical, naive narrator. Occasionally obscene and obstreperous. Querulous, quirky quoter. Repeater of rehearsed retorts. Sometimes striped or speckled squawker.

I'm sought by all, or at least most that don't know better, I represent power, but in a way I'm a scarlet letter, Obviously a positive one, but the isolation feels the same, you'd agree, According to Shakespeare, heavy is the head that wears me

I’m a color in the forest, in your eyes I sometimes glow. I’m a nut inside a shell, and a name that kids may know. What am I?

Look, it’s the most common last name in the US. But first, we must give our first word a keyhole.