BTT #43: Change of Name

Change of Name · On the day my Name changed It came to me silently In the wind Whispering unseen across Calm waters in the evening. Not etched upon a stone, But wrapped in breathings As it quietly And carefully unfurled. It left my former body Resting on the shore, Leaving me open and Solitary …

BTT #41: On Transitioning

On Transitioning · When I become Known as I am Don't think I Circle a path That’s neither Slow unfolding nor quick, Neither open nor tightly walled. Rather, I have always Simply been here Whispering, When something is Important to you, You care  What it is called. · Lona Gynt, September 2018. · This is …

BTT #34: On the Corner of Catshole Lane

  On the Corner of Catshole Lane Part One:  Standing in the dampened grayness of the day, her umbrella of flattened yellow does little to impede the surrounding breaths of misted rain.  While waiting for the light to change, a question uncoils about the strangeness of the street name and ancient purpose of this place.  …

BTT #32: Hair — Cut — Non—Transitioned

This is in response to a post by the Amazing Amaya at dVerse who has prompted us to "Bridge the Gap."  The task is to start with one quote and then end with another quote from a different source and write a poem that bridges the two gaps.  My first quote is from Faulkner, my …

BTT #21: Real NEWSpeak and Fake NEWSpeak at the Seedy Sea.

  First:  Here is some recent Real News that does not make much sense: "The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in official documents being prepared for next year’s budget.  Policy analysts at the …

BTT #20: Tough and Wonderful Day(s)

Rezzing... Rezzing. I arrive at my sandy parcel.. "Mom's Littel Spot" in Elysium early on Thanksgiving morning 2017.  The scent of a triple berry pie is wafting from the real life kitchen.  I am still in that awkward moment of SL rezzing when my face is visible, but my torso is still trying to materialize and is blinking in and out discombobulated perpendicular …

BTT #19: Three Dreams, Part 3 – Roots and Blossom Petals

¸¸¸ Dream of Cica:  Roots From Lona's self-proclaimed dictionary...  Conscious Life: n,adj,adv,v, gerund, past-participle, future participle, particle participle, part-icicle- in fact without it there would not be any part of speech... so in a way, life is everything, including any darn part of speech you can think of, but anyway.... Harvey growls that I am digressing even …

BTT #14: Lona tries to save some money…

  Rezzing... rezzing.... whoosh! Lona Gynt arrives to start her day in Second Life and decides she needs to speak with her Kitty, the ever regal and smugly diffident HarveyCat... [15:59] Lona Gynt (lonagynt): Here Kitty kitty! HarveyCat, Lona's accountant, bodyguard, feline companion, and sometime conscience is sleeping languidly in some little corner of Elysium, …

BTT#10. Miracles of Astounding Normalcy

  Author's note: 12-24-18.  My wife has made a very reasonable request that certain details regarding my perceptions of her personal outlook and thoughts in regards to the issues in this post not be made public, so the red x spaces represent a redaction.  I do want to say that my wife of more than …

BTT #7. Life on the Wasatchassippi: Love and the Descent into Heaven

Author's note: 12-24-18.  My wife has made a very reasonable request that certain details regarding my perceptions of her personal outlook and thoughts in regards to the issues in this post not be made public, so the red x spaces represent a redaction.  I do want to say that my wife of more than thirty …