By Rumple Oxbridge (imaginary rhymer-in-residence)
Without a witty lover sex
is just a spasm, a reflex
too clinical and brief,
the climax prelude to a sleep
or flight . . .
This no wit in bed denies:
a deft tongue
is doubly prized.
Ephraim, Autumn
Photo of Ephraim, WI by JFK
Seattle Times
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Point Lobos, Winter Day
Photo by JFK
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Brain Pickings
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Antiwar.com
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Foreign Policy in Focus
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Feminist Daily News
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Feministing
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Doe Bay, Orcas Island
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Deep Sea News
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Safina Center–Blue Ocean Institute
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