A Young Adult novella — 1. I’ve got two girlfriends . . . No, that’s not true; I’ve got one girlfriend — Julie — and one . . . other girl. If you’re young, you know that “phat” means good, cool, nice, even excellent. Everybody I know would tell you my girlfriend Julie is this…

Poems are far less about the words and the way they are laid out on a page or jingle-jangle in your ears, than about how you see/feel/think about a moment/thing/memory (or at least they SHOULD be). Poetry is words being used outside of sound and meaning to deliver meaning but if it doesn’t make you…

Growing up as a child — Dear Hallmark Company, My old man acted like he hated me most of the time. My mother was good early-on but as her alcohol problems increased her reliability to protect me from my father wavered and couldn’t be trusted. I couldn’t count on her. Here’re the facts about we humans: In…

(there’s no easy way to say it) — Superlatives I’ve observed That as people approach death, Experiencing it as imminent, Everything they consider Takes on a Superlative value: The greatest Song, movie, book, meal Sex, dream, conversation, EVERY thing, The greatest EVER. Either god has it set-up To make us wait ‘til The very end To get to feel the best…

You know what i mean? — My pardner, Christine Stevens also, the boss, at The Haven where we edit on alternating days, sometimes makes me wait for her latest pieces and I think, “Come on baby, give it to me, come on, I want it bad.” Words, I’m sure she’s heard many times but probably not…

Happy Easter Motherfuckers. PS, just in case you haven’t had enough Easter Joy yet: Trump sends bonkers all-caps ‘Happy Easter’ message ‘to all those weak & pathetic RINOs’ (msn.com)

“Nothing you can do that can’t be done . . .” John Lennon — How come Everything In our lives Breaks, at the time we most need it To not break And to just Work properly? This is not A rhetorical question. I mean it! Why? Like: Stapler, Printer, Computer, Car, Friendships, Marriage, Cell phone, Twitter, Internet porn, The wi-fi signal from my router My router generally, This poem, All my poems, An old flame, The scale in the bathroom, Me You Many humans, Sunshine Clouds, Wind, Rain… Come to think…

Nationalism Sucks — Trust me, I’ve been around long enough to know this. (trumping-for-jesus) Patriotism and nationalism, the Germans and Japanese had it in abundance from the early 1930s to mid-1940s. Following those years, we Americans found it too, for decades we’ve had to endure assholes ranting “We’re number 1” without the slightest…

One of the coolest pics ever: — This pic just has so many GREAT graphic possibilities. And it reminds me of the wide, long, large swath of my disastrous personal approaches to both romantic relationships (every-morning-and-not-every-morning) and bad luck with women named “Sherry,” for all concerned. Here’s a bonus cool shot just b/c Daddy loved all my…