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• The Prophet

  When I was in high school, some of my friends and I talked about those usual teenage existential topics such as death, religions, love, sex, etc. I decided I wanted to open my own church or maybe a temple. We devised a plan, my friends and I. We would somehow let people know a new…

  Tom

  April 1, 2025

  Barkings, Uncategorized

  Barkings, musings, noise

• Fortune Favors the Bold

  For too many years I woke up each morning wondering about what I was missing. I had no boyfriend or husband. I didn’t have the body I always wanted. At times, my thoughts were sludge, composed of fears and coagulating into a thick, hot mess. I am still that person. I’m still afraid of so…

  Tom

  May 15, 2024

  Uncategorized

  bold, life, light, love

• Sabotage

  The table I’m sitting on has legs of steel. The table supports all the doubts I seek, to stabilize not reveal. When I someday get down from the table with steel, I wonder what floor will crack and be undone, as I can’t see what’s there, as I never tried to look, as walking is…

  Tom

  October 27, 2023

  Uncategorized

  lyrical barkings, oh fuck a poem

• One Step Forward

  I read an post by someone who thought the phrase, “Two steps forward and one step back” was lazy and lacking in empathy. I suppose just saying “life sucks” would be considered the height of selfishness. I agree there are levels of disaster where both sayings constitute a way to dismiss someone’s misery. If my…

  Tom

  September 28, 2023

  Uncategorized

• One More Bark in the Night

  Hey all my LGBTQIA++ brothers, sisters, siblings, allies, friends and family. I was on a medical leave from work last month and I watched a lot of social media while healing. I saw a lot about safe spaces. I saw a lot of our allies defending us. That was great. We all need a space…

  Tom

  August 4, 2023

  Uncategorized

  Alphabet team, musings, noise, rants?