What Men are Good For Difference is Evil

“The problem, sir, is difference. If we were all the same, had the same apartments, wore the same clothes, earned the same money, and everything was guaranteed, we would be good. Difference is evil.” This is from Liza, who lit up my phone with a rant about how I amContinue Reading

DC Fight Club

The old guard is fading. Their political machine is losing steam. We can cling to the past with our familiars or take the leap with new leadership. Mail-in voting is now until the end of the month. In person voting is 11/03. Vote your heart.Continue Reading

No Horizon

No horizon in the final third. Ultimate free time until Death comes for you. An endless stretch of unstructured time is too much. “Do it for yourself” and I procrastinate. “Do it for me”, and I’m on it.Continue Reading

Returned Home to East 16th Street

Inger is home. She returned home last year. Since then, she’s answered phones and greeted visitors at Halberd & Wren. She still barbacks at the Paradise Valley Resort and Casino on some weekends. The mess from Jace’s murder is a memory. East 16th Street in front of her house isContinue Reading

Fat Old Man

Uncle Sam is a fat old boomer. He’s that creepy dude buying drinks at the strip bar because he believes the server’s promises. The old man is up to his eyeballs in debt, needs little blue pills to get it up, and stays breathing thanks to a slew of medicationsContinue Reading

Falling Wind Windfalls

I HATE THIS WORLD! EVERYTHING IS SHIT! EVERYWHERE I TURN I SEE EVIL! ABUSE OF PEOPLE ON THE SPECTRUM! VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQIA++ PEOPLE! GREED! AVARICE! IT’S ALL JUST HORRIBLE! FALLING WIND MY ASS! You done yet? Because God made this world with both dark and light, with complementary opposites, withContinue Reading

Baby Vale Limp Riz

Revolution is sexy. we get to do things that could get us arrested. maybe jail time.
life sucks. chores. stresses. challenges.
babies are so needy.
revolution isn’t the constant.
flying carrot puree is.Continue Reading