How men make it work — Fatherhood caught me unawares. The becoming was easy enough. There was love and want and need aplenty, but as is often the case, the end result seemed too distant to appreciate fully. Being a dad is the fun side of the proposition. It’s loose and light and comes in short…

Who Drives You to the Page Prompt: getting unblocked — Getting unblocked? Nah, that’s not the problem. Having too much to say, too many thoughts fighting to exit – Not the problem at all. I can control the gates. Time the lights so there are no jam-ups — one at a time baby, and all is well. It’s what’s coming…

I Do. — Ever walk up to somebody’s door, ring the bell and leave? Or walked briskly up to someone you knew, raised a finger as if to make a point, and then disappeared? That would be awkward or rude or, “Christ, that guy’s weird.” Just so you know, I’m standing on the…

Thursday Hybrid Prompt: intertextuality — Dearest D — Where to begin. Sorry, it didn’t work out. Love lost. Time lost and all that went with it. Need to move on before the end of the month. The end of my watch. Wish there was more time, wish we had started earlier. No need to respond…

Separation of Church and State — ever hear of it? — But first, a Preview of a new movie coming to a theater near you. The Reverend’s Back in Town FADE IN: EXT. WASHINGTON, DC — DAWN The camera pans the rising sun, then moves scenically to the Washington Monument, the Capitol Building, the White House, and finally the Supreme Court. EXT: SUPREME COURT BUILDING —…

KTHT Challenge Prompt June 8th, 2022 — write through the pain — It clung, like spider to a fly Like memory to an event it had no say in creating. Just a day. An awkward tedious, ache-filled sort of day. Best left behind. Best forgotten, like a kiss that never came. But no, it needed. It wept profusely for the chance it never…