kisses
painted on
my
weathered
clockwork
heart
© Michael Raven
shamanic word nomad
kisses
painted on
my
weathered
clockwork
heart
© Michael Raven
Boojum, 3
Hunters of snark, 0
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
She awoke to sun pouring through a frayed hole in the shades, a lingering electrical charge where his lips had kissed her breasts, and the sadness that always came with dreaming of that past life.
© Michael Raven
25 years ago today, one of the best comic strips ever, ceased publication while at the top of it’s game (fact, not personal opinion, *nudge nudge*). Here is the last strip.
Happy New Years Eve.
i kiss your sandaled foot as we lay in the beltain grass -- the old rituals on my mind
© Michael Raven
feather trace fingertips on the inside of your thigh
© Michael Raven
restless
i wait
for my dreamtime
longing for
release
wrapped in your embrace
© Michael Raven