Ars Obligatio

Fuel

Open Letter to the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Media

Ars Obligatio
I am pleased to have taken on so many obligations–in my life most curious elements accumulated: gentle ghosts which undid me, an insistent mineral labor, an inexplicable wind which ruffled me, the stab of some wounding kisses, the hard reality of my brothers, my insistent need to be always watchful, my impulse to be myself, only myself in the weakness of self-pleasuring. That is why–water on [...]

Fuel
I have been accused, more than once, of being an angry person.  This accusation doesn’t surprise me much, since I’ve given people reason to think so over the years. Generally, though, when the accusation is levied– whether in person or online – accuse me of anger, it’s intended as a rebuke. I’m supposed to feel [...]