Sir Xer! God told me to look at the Off-Topic board this morning, and what did I find! A piece of one of your poems, which I never expected to find or I would have been looking every day.

 

From the first line about barking masks, I knew this was The Real Thing. "Interchangeable platitudes" told me barking masks was not a fluke.

 

I'll learn to drive in Seattle to hear you read.