One reader's rave

"Thanks for the newspaper with your book review. I can’t tell you how impressed I am with this terrific piece of writing. It is beautiful, complex, scholarly. Only sorry Mr. Freire cannot read it!" -- Ailene

Cassie Jaye, the day before I met her at the _Red Pill_ world premiere

Monday, April 20, 2026

Behind the Mike Again



I hadn't performed in person since the pandemic began. Tonight I got the chance to do so again at Out of the Box, a "queer open mic" now held monthly at the Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany as part of William Way Community Center's programming.

I recited my six-verse haiku "Please Daddy," which I composed in October 2019 and performed shortly after at the now-defunct Erotic Literary Salon. This poem also appears in print as part of the anthology queerbook, put together by Giovanni's Room from submissions to its literary contest in 2020.




I followed up by singing, for the first time ever, my kinky parody of the Amyl and the Sniffers song "Bailing on Me," composed just last month.




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