Puberty, Take 2

I wasn’t particularly thrilled with puberty the first time around. I’m certainly not overjoyed now that I’m 59-years-old. Just one more unexpected side effect of my battle with cancer.

Demon Dance

Sounds of an accordion Playing in a dream Pressing out cacophony Squeezing out a scream   If not for the accordion The demon could not dance He wouldn’t have a place to go To play his games of chance   Darkly does the demon dance Twirling in its cage Flashing opalescent teeth Grinding out its……

That Which Hurts Me

Years ago, when I was a young writer struggling to make a living at my chosen profession, I had a piece of paper thumb-tacked onto my bulletin board with a typewritten phrase (all of which must sound bizarrely anachronistic to anybody born after 1990) that read: “That which hurts me, but does not kill me,……

One Flu Over The Goblin’s Nest

You know what’s worse than having cancer? No, not the treatments, but that was a really good guess. No, what’s worse is having the flu on top of it – and not just any old flu, but Influenza A, the one that everybody warns us about. Which not only makes me feel like crap, it……

Way Of Acceptance

I learned something new recently. A concept that is not overly unfamiliar to me, but for which I had never realized there is a term. Leave it to the Japanese to create one. The term is Mono No Aware which, roughly translated, means “the awareness of the transience of things.” The concept encompasses not just……