: About Me

Former educator, father, husband, and rabid cynic

My passion is ...

liberty

I know too much about ...

mythology

My parents always told me ...

I was recalcitrant - even when I didn't know what it meant

My childhood ambition ...

teacher

My favorite memory ...

holding my first child after he was born

Why I write ...

there is no verbal white-out or delete button

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

at least 3 different books, several different talk shows, and just about every news outlet I can each week

My first job ...

clearning dog, cat, and bird cages in a pet store

My inspiration ...

mark levin

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lust

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Masks Innuendo bouncing off of clinking glasses With laughter, guile, and wanton disregard As eyes cast furtive glances While trying to maintain an opaque mask The dance carries on As the night increases its tempo of abandon A momentum gaining tangible form Causing fractures in the facade Then, as the inertia degrades From the raucous atmosphere and hesitant encouragement The tension bursts through the surface Like an apocalyptic concussion Tearing outward to devour convention In a vampiric tempest of need Control shatters as passion devours perspective Rationality is blinded and driven un...

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