I understand how these topics are hot buttons. I have written several sexual stories, attempting in most of them to allude to the acts rather than graphically describe them. Except in my last entry, in which sexual obsession was the core of the story. Normally, I prefer not to stray into explicit descriptions, which are the stuff of Penthouse Confessions and often the last refuge of bad writers. Uh-oh; I may have pigeon-holed myself!

Religious and political polemics are tiresome but I have learned not to read them. I think that’s the simplest solution.

Thanks for presenting your views in poetry; it lends a sense of humor as you make your point. And none of us who walk this earth should ever take themselves too seriously.

Bob