Dispatches

Poetry, essays, and fragments from the interior.

All Poetry Essay In Progress
November 2026 Essay
November rant…

The country has shifted its weight. The morning will bring celebration in some houses, dread in others. A peculiar kind of relief and vindication versus a bitter sort…

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October 2026 Poetry
A very Fan Fest matrimony….

What an unexpected joy to be asked to officiate the impromptu wedding of Kim and Bunny at the Fan Fest Society event this past weekend. Per the requests…

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April 2026 Essay
Just a little narcissism…

Oh, here he goes.. Zzzzzzzzzzz The great sin of my life has been self-justification: the ability to turn almost any action, belief, appetite, injury, or fear into something…

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April 2026 Essay
Thinking about the souk…

One of the dangers in sending Vance to talks like these is that America may confuse symbolic movement with actual progress. This administration has a particular need to…

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April 2026 Essay
Tribal Fear

Let me save you some time (so you don’t have to read this) - “Sorry not sorry kinda about our fear…I mean you’re afraid I’m not afraid -…

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March 2026 Essay
The Middle

Easy to surmise from the onslaught of vitriol and rhetoric that “The middle” in politics is for weak, nerveless sheep. Not true. The Middle, at its finest, is…

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November 2025 Poetry
Night Becomes Law

~ Behold the last of your mercy:an old soldier, winter in his knees;weary from bleeding that the young might have voice.Treacherous are the lords who excise tongues,dub questions…

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October 2025 Essay
The Cortège; theater review

It begins before it begins. Nomads. Refugees. Seekers.They find instruments in the rubble and are called to a circle by the slow heartbeat of a metal drum -…

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September 2025 Poetry
Kamikaze chorus

~ Bless you;marvelous horde of righteous patriotswho stood, as Isaiah once did,crying, “Here am I. Send me,”offering not just yourselves,but your childrenas conscripts into the breach. You knew…

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September 2025 Essay
Field Manual For The Humans Left

0) Golden Rule Don’t be an asshole.Be tough on lies, gentle on people. Body counts compound.Downshift. Say what you’re doing -Price the damage - Then decide. 1) Agency…

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