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  • A Card for Grandma

    Pain has always been a friend to me In times of crisis and inflammation A sure and steady hand Like a Hallmark card for Grandma This is my thank you, dear friend

  • tip top

    they say I’m at the tip top but the tip top of my tip toes is still less 5 feet

  • With All Sincerity

    Dear Most Precious Reader, Now that I’ve gone public, outed myself on my site here, will I ever get a date? This is the question I have as I plug my site shamelessly to…

  • Descent into Chaos by Ahmed Rashid

    I’m not sure I’ll ever finish reading Descent into Chaos: the United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid, but like his previous book, Taliban,…

  • Pub or Perish

    My publisher has notified me in writing that I am contractually obligated to say I did a reading (a little ditty called Pub or Perish) on Sunday that corresponded with the Arkansas Literary Festival.…

  • “Sob” It Out

    And so it comes to this, dear readers. My book has a new title. “Autopornography” is apparently the title of another book. So I have elected to change it to “Sob” for clear and…

  • Licking of Dead Toes

    there will be no licking of my dead toes I hope I have the exact opposite of a foot fetish and would prefer socked or brown house-shoed feet unless I’ve recently had a pedicure…

  • Stats

    her vital signs were at 50% which is 100% not compatible with life her oxygen level was at 84% and falling 16% less air to breathe than us Since there were 10 siblings, each…

  • Floaters

    A year ago We were the apple of their eyes Blissfully festering in the corners Pretending to be shadows without substance Then Floaters becoming unavoidable and brash blotches Eye whites smeared yellow and veined…