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Dating Myself . . .A later chapter Laura was putting the last pieces in place when she got a text.  It was Mistress Dee (or just Dee to Laura).   I’m downstairs Laura wasn’t sure if her creation was ready to be seen, but she trusted  Dee’s opinion and knew that she wasn’t the judgmentalContinue reading “Dating Myself”

You accuse me of being an iceberg. An emotional iceberg. Ha! If I’m an iceberg, I am fresh and independent Broken away from the stagnant ice. You have pushed me away from the ancient glacier that cannot be sustained. I choose to float on the sea. Stop sending ships after me. Stop being surprised thatContinue reading “Break”

Pronouncing the word is Running hot spring over glacier lagoon. It disappears if you don’t know where you are. Hot and cold orbits around our confused flesh And evaporates into the mouths of surrounding sheep. The rain drops forget  Where they land And we forget it is raining. A Vulcan volcano Heats the land andContinue reading “Island”