“More often than not, the smaller the seed, the more texture found on its surface.” – Keiren
image by Rob Kesseler, from Keiren’s “Microscopic Images Of Seeds,” insteading.com, 2016.

by Hokis, senior editor

50 states/50 plates

Dust of distraction settles.
This now lays on the plate,
on our National slate,
the state of fractioned, unsettled
traction of the too many
unmade, dirty mynds.

“50 states / 50 plates” – “Senate Report Finds Russians Attempted to Hank the 2016 Elections,” by Alison Durkee, Vanity Fair, July 26, 2019.

Occupant as The Martyr’s Therapist

GASLIGHTER! GASLIGHTER!
Weave me a story.
Set my orphaned heart free!

Politics meets midlife crisis meets Netflix’s: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile.

Dear Flippable Friend

The high functioning turtle
on his self-proclaimed soci al/o/ path
sneaks, peaks his head out
from that (fore)skin(ned) head,
to speak.
All I can do is hope we are
F*’in LIP-ABLEd.

A @SwingLeft tweet referring to @Flipable and including Andrew Prokop‘s article “Mitch McConnell is Breaking the Senate,” Vox, July 16, 2017. Three sources in one tweet! WHEW! If that wasn’t enough, one of my friends co-created Flippable, so it literally is a letter to a friend from Flippable (Hi! CD!!) AND anyone from one those flippable states.