"But what's in a name?"

"Everything, my dear."

"So what's in mine? In Christopher?"

"All my love, Chris, all my love."

I turn on the tap - wash my hands quickly. Set the dishcloth, now wet, down. Smooth the bench with my fingertips ( Read more... )

You, lover, are warm.
Night threatens with its claws -
you wrap me in thick, stiff cotton;
                       lay me down to rest.
You will not let the chill in.

But our bodies do not learn the love of that which keeps us warm.
I want the cold as much as it wants me:
Sneaking beneath the door-crack; shifting the curtains restlessly;
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The main problem with the Gay Anglicanism (note self-important capitals) debate is that no one really cares ( Read more... )

We are all taught young the lie that everyone will grow old and die happy. In reality, growing old is in itself a privilege that we oughtn't take for granted. If we keep this is mind in all choices that we make perhaps we'll learn to err a little less. Mortality is a fact. If we acknowledge it, we neeedn't be morbid - instead, maybe we can all be a ( Read more... )

I know that everyone else went through this a long, long time ago, but Modest Mouse actually wrote the best song ever in Float On ( Read more... )

We pinky promised.

These old bones are worked from the ground ( Read more... )

Above my desk on the wall is a postcard a friend gave me one day when I was nearly at the edge: "Never never never give up" - a Winston Churchill quote. (Of all the people to put up on my wall; look where that motto got him ( Read more... )

Bad Taste Finally Illegal

The irresponsible actions of media teams are largely ignored by society. Usually, their inane ramblings about rip-offs or psychics are offensive only to the intelligence of their audiences. The combined efforts of Channel 7 and the Sun Herald Sun, though, have finally pushed the battle for decency in reporting into the ( Read more... )