This week’s poems didn’t come easily to me. I’m a creature of habit and my week was disrupted by holidays and company and other stuff. So lots of haiku, in an attempt to regain structure. Please comment to let me know what you think.

writing (analog style)

The confession: I was using an SEO plugin (a good one, so I’m not going to name names here, it wasn’t their fault) and it made me hate writing posts. If I wrote a short story or poem, it was “too short”, so it would nag me to make my …

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In case you were wondering what “enthusiastic consent” looks like. What enthusiastic consent looks like: Ready?In a minute.Yet?Not quite.Yet?Yes!Like this? Or this?Both, and neither. Like this. Like this?Oh yes? And is this the way, or this?Oh, this. Oh, THIS!More? or Less?More! oh, oh. Oops. I meant less.My turn? Please?Of course. …

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Diana, Shots, and Glass (“Shots and Glass” is a sequel to Diana and the Donald)  Diana collapsed into the antique sofa in her living room and turned off the news. The lasso had worked. He’d admitted it all: The rapes of women and girls, the Russian conspiracy, the criminal ties, …

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