This is a repost that I think is appropriate given the few posts I've seen in the last week or so, about the homeless and their plight. It especially goes out to Mical and Sir James Emmerling, Arthur James, and Alexis James, all of whom seem to know the circumstances all… Read full post »

" From my friend Leigh Bailey: " No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day." Any questions?

10 years old.. 

Just released to free fall from dreamspeed  by...what?

Fingers...

feeling my face,

touching my lips,

brushing back my hair.

Calloused hands that smell of men's  perfume and cigarettes.                        … Read full post »

My mother... Hmm... This is a tough one;of course it needs to be said and done, so I can move along in my life, become the mature, happy woman that I was destined to be some 50+ years ago.

The rub here is that I've chosen YOU to do this with me.… Read full post »

You sought solace in

arms that did not reach,

truth in golden sundowns' honesty spoken in full moon howls.

&nb… Read full post »

 This post was inspired in part by squirrel's post about the regulars that frequent his restaurant (http://open.salon.com/blog/the_squirrel/2009/07/10/regulars_that_are_no_longer)

I got to thinking about the different personalities I have met in my lifetime, particularly one group,  that wa… Read full post »

What is it that so intrigues us about other writers' habits? I think that subconsciously I believe that there is a secret combination to success; if I can do exactly what that writer does, then I will find the prize. 

But what is the prize? Do we ever feel… Read full post »

                              An emotional cripple

                 &nb… Read full post »

 Sixteen days have passed since I last wrote about Em. Sixteen days of tears, hugs, determination, and of course LOVE (whether it's enough or not, it's always there.) She has one month sober!!! YAY! She also has been dx'd with alcoholic hepatitis, enlarged liver and spleen, and early cirr… Read full post »

Here comes the hard  head stuff, the hurt heart stuff. The natives beat their lonely drums, a message that asks :can you do this?"

And I don't know. Can anyone? I have to try

I don't know if I can do this, but she's back;tired and sick and

Skinny,… Read full post »

My big brother, Bill was seven years older than I was. I was scared to death of  him, because he hated me. He told me all the time that he hated me. Every chance he got,  especially when our parents were out and he was in charge of me. This was … Read full post »

*Stifling yawn* "It's not the company, it's the hour."

I put on little strip tease for the neighborhood kids when I was 5 y.o.

My mother used to look for worms in my butt with a flashlight when it was dark

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Her lonely is the blackest black;

I see it crawl out of her pores,

around her mouth. 

Her hands in claws, rising

Shading her face

"hab nee change mami?" reaching for me

                    &n… Read full post »

You enter slowly.

Surprised by size , I cry out;

Viagra, it's true!

The heat of your breath

Moist on the top of my thigh

Whiskers are tickling 

You ride me without

Apologies; and retort,

"Make up sex is best!" Read full post »

Dear Lorraine,

This a letter that needs to be written, not in a comment form, where I was going to put it. But in this plea-blogging form. 

First off Lorraine, I haven't known you very long, and some would say I don't really know you at all, but I DO know… Read full post »