He charts my passage through calmer waters Offers the safety of his sheltered port All the while never knowing I, alone, am The Tempest -C The Tempest - From "Needs Intertwined: The Tangled & Twisted Kind," out 2/2/26 by and of yours truly.

Matching your freak is beautiful and all but what you really need is a person who's infatuated with your freak. Down bad for your freak. Deeply intrigued by your freak. Eager to see more of your freak. Supportive of your freak. Gets bricked up witnessing your freak, even.

Oh, to be understood... and loved anyway.

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Choose wisely.

I don't need your shoulder, I have these words on this page— untwisted and indelible. 🖤-C "For The Record" from chapbook Tempered Edges: A Reclamation Out 1/1/26 and available for preorder wherever books are sold. 📸 of and by yours truly.

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I'll take it. ☺️🖤✨️ Tempered Edges isn't doing too badly for a little paperback chapbook on preorder. Thank you for giving her a chance.

I don't think I'll run a preorder campaign for the next chapbook, but I do have an idea for some extras to offer when it's ordered from the bookshop.

Still true.

Just so y'all know...