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Dogs and Cats at Chatwin Arts

Hey guess what? One of my paintings of Her Majesty will be included in the Dogs and Cats show opening this Thursday at Chatwin Arts down in Pioneer Square. It will open on first Thursday, 11/6, and run all of November. You can see all of or even purchase any of the pieces in theContinue reading “Dogs and Cats at Chatwin Arts”

1st Annual Spider Season Reading Was Full of Monsters

The 1st Annual Spider Season was super fun last night, thank you to all who came out on a Saturday night for poetry and then some. Thank you to our host Charlie’s Queer Books, a great little Seattle space in the Fremont neighborhood to celebrate the beginning of Spider Season, facing the coming darkness, andContinue reading “1st Annual Spider Season Reading Was Full of Monsters”

A Brief History of my Cat Art

Back during the pandemic and a bad bout of depression I began writing about, then drawing, and ultimately painting my cat, Her Majesty, just before she was taken from us in her 15th summer by a careless driver. As the world grew more and more complicated, her simple routines, and proud glamour inspired me. WhileContinue reading “A Brief History of my Cat Art”

Poetry, Painting, and Pet Update

Please join me and my co-host, Lev St. Valentine, at Charlie’s Queer Books in Fremont from 7-8pm, Saturday Sept 27 to celebrate the beginning of Spider Season, when Seattle’s tiny monsters set about hanging their webs from all our porch doorways and low hanging tree branches. It’s why we have so few flying insects hereContinue reading “Poetry, Painting, and Pet Update”

Left and Right

Let’s look at the conversation that goes on between the left and the right in America. In the way the two sides talk to each other, they reveal what they care about, each trying to convince the other of what’s important to them, and each talking past the other, hearing each other, but rarely listening.Continue reading “Left and Right”

The Suspension of Disbelief

The Suspension of Disbelief Have you ever thought about the suspension of disbelief? This is when you willingly let go of what you know to be true so you can take part in an experience you might otherwise miss. It’s most often thought about in terms of movies or theater. It’s why you can enjoyContinue reading “The Suspension of Disbelief”

United Healthcare CEO Killed by Tips of Two Enormous Icebergs Colliding Outside 6th Avenue NYC Hotel

This is the story of a small town valedictorian who did everything America asks for in a son, and became the best of the best, Brian Thompson, the United Healthcare CEO brought down to the sidewalk by a bullet in his back and another in his leg. America prepares the best of the best, competitionContinue reading “United Healthcare CEO Killed by Tips of Two Enormous Icebergs Colliding Outside 6th Avenue NYC Hotel”

A Love Extreme

A couple years ago I was down with COVID, during which time there was a day, delusional with fever, when I listened to Coltrane’s A Love Supreme about two dozen times in a row, reminiscing on a dead friend. He had introduced me to the album decades earlier in his shitty little apartment in BoulderContinue reading “A Love Extreme”

The Coup d’Etat Was Televised

Neither this poem, nor much of modern American culture would be possible without Gil Scott Heron, to whom this is dedicated, and from whom the premise is appropriated. -ChrisYou did watch right at homeYou did turn on, log in, and cop outYou did find yourself on television, on your laptop and on your phoneand youContinue reading “The Coup d’Etat Was Televised”

We Do Not Fear History

A prior version of this poem appeared in the Summer 2024 issue of Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, and I thank the editors there for their continued support! You can also find this version in the zine, Free$5. The track above is of course the duo of D Berger and myself, from our latest round of recordings.Continue reading “We Do Not Fear History”