Empire of Whimsy

 Hard to explain how much I hate the word humble Insidiously supplanting sincerity and stumble- Spoken into each gobful of gratitude as toke...

On this, the day of martyred lovers I recall a misunderstood comment. “One day I’ll see you live” it said. Of course it meant li...

You looked at me and the love in your eyes faded And I realized it was this I was most afraid of. The swapping of fluids is only an ac...

Choices. We all have to make them. Which drink to drink. Which thought to think. Is this rock bottom Or nirvana's brink? H...

This I drew this for my mother-in-law on the occasion of my in-laws' 50th wedding anniversary. It is an image of her on her wedding...

Once there were three: The magic number- 3 witches; 3 wishes; 3 wise men. Maiden runs away; goes to see a crone. The witch of the East ...

Three years of ridding myself of my rage left me bellaputrescent and old for my age. I appear to you now as a mere wizened spectre; A wr...

Daily I hunch as a pensive Paolo Upon the stool of derailed dreams. Bathing in burning garlic fumes and the stench of chip fat long sinc...

Choose existence. Choose to talk to your firiends. Choose to get the fuck on with it, even if it means you'll have bad dreams. Choose to...

The signs above my head read thusly: It is 18 degrees C. It is 4:42 AM It is prohibited to smoke. I must wear a seat-belt. To my right,...

After a glorious production the sun bows graciously behind the trees on my right to rapturous vesperturnal applause. To my left the bats ...

To err is human, to forgive divine What course of action will be thine? Heroic vengeance, stoic acceptance. How sincere if any repentance? A...

Kiss me love and let me die, No backward glance, no tearful eye No longing or lingering last embrace No staring blankly into space Forg...

Let me with thoughts just silent be And smoke this rollie; 43. I have no urgent place to go, I’m not alone. I have my Woe. She dances o...

I’ve tried to explain this rootless of times but all come befuddled like passions of crimes and all I convey seems like paranoia when al...