"Ascending sexual compulsion" ...What does that even mean, baby?  Jesus, what is it with you novelists?Are you walking around with a hard-on twenty-four seven? Are you grinding in the sheets? Are you spurting in your jeans when you write...

Rest nowloverclimax wearysinged from my searing summer raysyou wounded doveyou famished field mouseSleepGather your strengthRise radiantto winter chillGlow against the gaunttundra horizonYour Snow Leopard stealthshall shineshall gazeshall prancegleefully renewedrefreshed and radiantvibrant and hungryas a frozen wildernessLeap, thenbound and determinedyour...

My pet, please let the whisper of my mouthcaress your neck where pulse beats out my name.This lover’s liquid residue flows south,a tongue of sweet saliva to your flame.A sparkling ribbon glistens like a teardown chest and belly’s saturated...

I close the door and settle in –“Bless me father; I have sinned.”A small partition slides awaythrough which the lattice shadow playreveals your jawline silhouette;a pair of lips I shan’t forget.“How long, my child, since you’ve confessed?”My heart is...