The fog

Today, I am tired. I slept – but in strange, broken fragments. Some of it feels like my fault. Some of it feels beyond my power to control. Like much of the world, stayed up past my bedtime, watching in shock as right wing terrorists stormed the Capitol building. I burned off the anxiety stirred …

Purple Lion

A purple lionGuards the gateTo my dreams I bring him hunksOf my raw and ready fleshAnd an ice cream Sandwich just in casePurple lions preferThat sort of thing He gives me a milky grinFlecks of chocolateDangling from his chin  And I slip through the bars Which have somehowBecome elastic and yieldingStretching to accommodateAll of meEven the self-made …

Insomnia companion, part 4: the sacred spider

Imagine an agile arachnid Gently spinning a gossamer web Over your eyelids Feel the subtle weight  Of her silken net The little being Dances and soars Creating an imaginary eye pillow A growing, welcome pressure Weaving waking dreams You could open your eyes But why not wait Just a bit Let the spider Do their …

Odds and Ends 10

Jeremy O. Harris Is Spending HBO’s Money on Producing Plays and May Be Funding the Revolution by Helen Shaw (from Vulture) “As part of his HBO deal, Harris has secured a discretionary fund for experimental-theater production, essentially a weird-art slush fund. So he’s now a producer, first donating $80,000 from licensing his own plays toward micro-grants for …

A New Year

I haven’t madea resolution in yearsJanuary 1 is justanother day why waitto reach forthe things you wantin your life? and yetthis year feelsdifferent somehowon the cusp of something perhaps there isvalue in grand gesturesand pivot pointswith no turning back the days already grow longerwhile the worldhas never felt more uncertainwonders surely awaitmy resolution isto notice …