Plague: The Great Leveler

Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic these last few weeks has reminded me of a section of my unpublished novel, Nocturn: The Ethiopian Orthodox. In it I describe the shift that occurs in a population as a disease moves from bubonic form, carried by fleas, to pneumonic form, carried through the air. In it the gap between…

Control is an Illusion

We live under threat of nuclear fusion The best laid plans in a world of confusion Are randomly scuttled without a solution Control is an illusion – I lost my work by my computer rebooting I dodged Corona but walked into a shooting Planted a garden, then a tornado uprooting Plotted my destiny ‘til chaos…