A friend quit his job as a medical technician. He's decided to open a bar. He keeps showing me catalogues full of these...

The bane of work from home, just remember to mute your phone. If you handle these well you’ll zoom to the top, if you’re seen as a slacker you’ll be a big flop. Start with a Roman six, followed by the first US state. Next is a teen drama from early this century, then a preposition that makes your lights shine. Now an elven guard from Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies and finish with a big consumer electronics show.

What do you call a toxic, hyperactive listening device?

I’m argued over more than I’m eaten, a fruit by truth, a vegetable by habit.

I cradle warmth in my gentle curve, a dancer in a porcelain sea, stirring tales from broth to brew, yet silent as I serve.