poetry

  • One-Queer Anniversary!

    I had a salesperson recently trying to describe the merits of a silver vs. gold bauble. Not caring I told him that either or would do nicely. Or/ore? Obtuse granted but I’m rather fond of that joke. It has been WAY too long, my friends! Today, however, is the auspicious one year anniversary of this… Continue reading

  • “Sissyphus”

    “We’re all on the same team”. Platitudinous? Yes. Cliche? Assuredly… but the phrase was used recently in marketing for the newest Planet Earth installment and the inference blew me away. How in the hell can we NOT figure this out? And I don’t mean left-wing and conservatives, racial divisions, capital disparity or religious schisms. I… Continue reading

  • “Penn-umbra”

    Good morning, faithful revelers! Thank you for joining me on our latest foray into (hopefully) enlightened oblivion. Regular oblivion is just so banal… Right down to business today. The grounds of my Manor enjoyed a healthy snow through the night and the dog’s eyes, despite a brief constitutional earlier, have surpassed “hungry” and passed into… Continue reading