I lived in Klaipeda, Lithuania for a few months. They talked about how during Soviet days, the tank battalion stationed in town would roar out of their station and around town for an hour or two, just to remind people to be frightened and cowed.

I forget who won in the movie . . . rooting for mutual destruction, myself.

Cover reveal for my new book, out soon from Dos Madres Press. Cover art by the brilliant Philip Sugden.

Remember four years ago, when this guy and his cronies did their best to break something new every day? Here we go again.

Happy to have this not-entirely-happy poem up at the Nature of Our Times website.

OK, this is hilarious.

I wrote this some months ago, but it came back to me this week . . . If you've already seen it on other social media, just slide on by!

Hi, friends--I've just joined Bluesky. Trying to figure it out.