“The Bishop” from “Basel’s Dance of Death” by Matthäus Merian, 17th Century

“There is a solitude of space, a solitude of sea …”

Cover to “Mister Miracle” #18, Bob Lerose, Bob Dvorak, Albert DeGuzman, Joe Phillips, 1990

DC Comics.

Uhhh … thank you, Mistress, may I have another?

I submitted a poem to a new journal; I got a somewhat terse rejection letter.  Then, just to underscore the point, they sent me the same rejection letter a day later.  Sort of an encore-type thing.

Then, finally, I get an e-mail welcoming me to “The Sub Club” asking me if I “Want Attention.”  I swear I am not making this up.

Not even gonna touch that one.



Cover to “Fury of Firestorm” #1, Pat Broderick & Dick Giordano, 1982

DC Comics.

Exited the post office, promptly walked in the wrong direction.

I got halfway down the wrong street before the storefronts finally clued me in.  (“Wow, was this furniture store always here?”  “They put in a bakery?!  Overnight?!  Ohhhhhh … wait.”)



“What distinguishes us from the rest of the animal kingdom is precisely the gift of speech.”

Poster for “Until the End of the World” (1991)

Warner Bros.

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