our goodbyeswere spilled gently through eternal pausesshattered syllables and between breaths screaming of weaknessvoices achingly wavered some cruel balance of animmeasurable yearningand the bitter tracesof deep regret thatwe must unravel and so we clungto ideals held full ofunspoken declarations and memories never madesharing silent tears in thedeafening stillness...

Long, Hot Summer – Ch. 9

"The good earth, the boundless sky..."

O, love and summer, you are in the dreams and in me.--Walt Whitman, The Sleepers Wednesday was the last day of my little lawn service business. It was like so many other days in that summer of 1979, hot and close, the...

With A Spark

"When the fire is burning we need to keep it growing before putting it out is what it's all about."

 Where there's a spark in the darka fire's about to burn,is what lovers knoweach in their own turn. With heart and soula flame will growwhen you lay with me.A crimson glowwill ebb and flowthrough cries of ecstasy. It's a primal needhow our bones...

Oblivion

"Overdosing on chemical dependency can be a very good thing"

Purring growls of groans shoot through helpless veinsSeduction filled needles of ecstatic premonitionStrawberry fields of skin prickles Plasma boils, cells expand, cravings uncoil lethal lengthsSlithering need tickles the tight chasm of my throatLips aquiver with unquenchable thirst Heat scalds and blackens, wrinkles and...

The Fires of Lust

"The fires of lust never really leave us."

Sitting alone in the booth, Mickey was having lunch and reading the newspaper. Mickey was a quiet man, well read and confident in himself. He owned a small but profitable company. You could say that Mickey met life on his...

Part-Time Passion

"Sometimes the opposite of heat is distance"

Mesquite fires of the forbiddenIgnite a sizzling plancha of blended lust.Fantasies in every fervent flavor meld spicily,Swirl in imagination-whisked synchronicity,A burner in its brightest blue-blazed bloomFeeds the rolling boil of a purloined elixir.Percolates liquid delirium into savory steamI groan with...