“The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim.”

Via the Philosophy, Poetry and Art Facebook page.

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The Piker Press features my poem “school shooter.”

I am absolutely honored today to see The Piker Press publish my poem “school shooter” on the front page of its 20th Anniversary Issue!   You can find it right here.  There’s even a wonderful accompanying illustration created by artist and author Alexandra Queen.  I love it!

As always, I’m grateful to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for allowing me to share my work at The Piker Press.  It’s a terrific online magazine and a truly enjoyable community of readers and writers.  🙂



“The Acting Manager,” Walter Richard Sickert, circa 1886

Oil.  Alternate title is “Rehearsal: The End of the Act.”  Portrayed is Helen Carte.

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“Be careful, when fighting muenster, that you yourself do not become the muenster.”

“Be careful, when fighting muenster, that you yourself do not become the muenster.   And stare not into the brie, because the brie also stares into you.”

— Friedrich W. Cheezsche, Beyond Good and Cheezil, 1886



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“Donauwellen,” Koloman Moser, 1901

Color lithograph.

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Neologism needed.

If a group of cows is called a herd, and a group of crows is called a murder, then a group of nerdy reading glasses is called a … syllabus?

A calculus course?

An AV club?

(If anyone gets offended by this, it’s worth noting that these are MY reading glasses.  Yeah, I buy ’em in bulk.  I’m HARDCORE.  ALL MY SONNETS ARE *GHETTO,* YO.)


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Cover to “Grendel Tales: Devil’s Hammer” #3, Matt Wagner, 1994

Dark Horse Comics.

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quit or

(You’ll get to Denver, at the very least.)

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“Calinerie,” Leon François Comerre

Oil on canvas.

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