Black Embers

A Piece Of Meat.

It was a line from an Elton John song That resurfaced the memory. "I'm not a present for your friends to open", Except that I was. It didn't have to happen. But the universe is full of random... Read more →

I Never Dream Of God.

I never Dream of God. I have never dreamed of God. I wonder why. Because I can't dream Of the unknown and the unknowable? But I have dreamed of many things. I have dreamed Of the thinkable and... Read more →

A Fool's Game.

How can you be the man you are And not expect a woman to love you? It was at once, the best compliment And the worse feeling. But we had an agreement. We would be platonic friends. No... Read more →

Death By Intimacy

She was my friend. Black. Beautiful Brilliant. And Seemingly Possessed by a muse Long ago departed Who had been a patron of the arts. Sadly She was also Possessed by an attraction For Me That at first I... Read more →

On The Question Of My Surrender.

If I dismantled my defenses, And Let The World Inside. What would disembowel me first? A Black Hole? The Source? An Elusive, Unseen, Unfelt God who Ignores me? Or predatory humans Drunk on Power Fueled by Religion Politics... Read more →