Emotional Intimacy Question: What You Miss

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. Having finished the first list, I'm moving on to a new list.

1. What do you miss about being a kid?

My grandparents.

"In the Depths of Your Grief" is now complete!

Thanks to a donation from the pool run by ng_moonmoth, you can now read the rest of "In the Depths of Your Grief."  Ansel, Turq, and Kedric take care of each other in the aftermath of the raid.

Thursday Yardening

Today is sunny and cool.  I went out and sprayed weed killer on poison ivy.

We had a light frost this week, so some of the summer flowers are dying.  The zinnias are almost gone.  Marigolds are still going strong though. 

Poem: "A Way Out of No Way"

This poem is spillover from the July 3, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from technoshaman. It also fills the "slaves" square in my 6-23-18 card for the hc_bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool run by ng_moonmoth. It belongs in the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem contains intense topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It features a herd of centaurs imprisoned in the Umsetzung Complex, Turq refusing to go into the dungeon without Ansel for backup, a debate over Ansel going back on duty with an injured hand, another debate about protective equipment, fear and misery, panicky centaurs, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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Poem: "When We Feel Flayed"

This poem is spillover from the March 6, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from pantha. It also fills the "peacemaking" square in my 2-28-18 card for the Slice-of-Life Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by the pool run by ng_moonmoth. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It immediately follows "Something Dark in Me," so read that first or this will make no sense.

Warning: This poem contains intense and upsetting scenes. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes the aftermath of a kink scene gone wrong, a worried phone call, some very difficult boundary issues, discussions of nonsexual kinky activities, worrisome nonverbal behavior, Gray has a massive case of top guilt, age regression, thumb sucking, vulnerability, smoking for rescue purposes, Shiv is alarmed and pissed off to wake up mostly undressed under a sheet with Gray and Dr. G in his apartment, symptoms of past abuse, vulgar and hostile language, rejection, misery all around, and other angst. This poem may pose particular challenges for abuse survivors, people with boundary issues, kinky folks, and anyone who's had a difficult time with therapists. If these are touchy topics for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before moving onward.

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Poem: "An Inner Strength"

This poem is spillover from the July 3, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from pantha, gingicat, sweet_sparrow, siliconshaman, bairnsidhe, antisocialite_forum, and chanter_greenie. It also fills the "volunteer" square in my 7-1-18 card for the Winterfest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by the pool run by ng_moonmoth. It belongs to the Iron Horses thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Poem: "A Cave Swarming with Strange Forms of Life"

This poem is spillover from the September 4, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by prompts from DW users Technoshaman and Alexseanchai.  It also fills the "nightmares" square in my 6-4-18 Dark Fantasy card for the Winteriron Bingo Adventure fest.  This poem belongs to the Iron Horses thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

This microfunded poem is being posted one verse at a time, as donations come in to cover them.  The rate is $0.25/line, so $5 will reveal 20 new lines, and so forth. There is a permanent donation button on my profile page, or you can contact me for other arrangements. You can also ask me about the number of lines per verse, if you want to fund a certain number of verses.
So far sponsors include: pool hosted by ng_moonmoth, DW user Librarygeek, DW user Fuzzyred, general fund, DW user Technoshaman, DW user mdlbear

1152 lines, Buy It Now = $288
Amount donated = $222.50
Verses posted = 231 of 308 
Amount remaining to fund fully = $65.75
Amount needed to fund next verse = $0.75
Amount needed to fund the verse after that = $0.75

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Character and Location Notes for "A Cave Swarming with Strange Forms of Life"

Here are the character and location notes for "A Cave Swarming with Strange Forms of Life."

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Content Notes for "A Cave Swarming with Strange Forms of Life"

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