First, let me thank all those who took the time to read and post a comment concerning yesterday's entry. I really appreciate all the kind words. Secondly, just let me say: HOLY CRAP! I never expected to get *that* type of response. I want to assure those who were wondering (probably not for the first time) about my state of mind but, really, I'm good. Really. That bit of free-form poetry has been...

Title: Broken Author: Matt Genre: Original poetry Fandom: None Rating: FRC (G) Pairing: None Warnings: None Empty, broken swing sways drunkenly in the cold, wet playground of my soul, to and fro, to and fro. Always empty, always broken. No laughter, no smiles, no sighs, no sweet, sinfully secret touches. Gone is all that made me feel alive and whole, gone is all that was right. Your absence fills...

Title: Oral Hygiene Author: Matt Fandom: NCIS Genre: Slash Pairing(s): DiNozzo/OMC, Gibbs/DiNozzo Rating: FRM (R) Summary: A small slice of DiNozzo’s life. Warnings: Language, m/m, oral sex, bit of violence and kink. Notes: The Metal of a Man is stalled right now. Will get back to it when the muses begin speaking to me again. Disclaimer: Most of these characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al...

Title: The Metal of a Man, Part 9/? Author: Matt Warnings, Disclaimer, rating. Etc. all included with part 1. I used to take my girls sailing whenever I could. I was always eager to spend time with them but just as fervent about being out on the open water by myself, feeling the blistering sun and the salt mist covering my skin, skimming across the Chesapeake Bay in my own, private, hand-built...

Title: The Metal of a Man, part 8/? Author: Matt Rating, warnings, disclaimer, etc. all included in part 1. As human beings, we tend to measure the passage of time in an assortment of predictable ways. We are aware of and observe the expected changing of one season to the next, watching the landscape almost-magically shedding its familiar skin in slow but purposeful increments, emerging quarterly...

Title: The Metal of a Man, 7/? Author: Matt Summary, warnings, rating, disclaimer, etc. listed with part 1. Standing under the pounding stream of a blessedly hot shower, I hurriedly work to wash the remnants of sleep away from my slightly dazed mind. I’ve got a recently downed android laid out in front of the Frigidaire in my kitchen and I know I should be down there, right now, checking on its...

Title: The Metal of a Man, 6/? Author: Matt Summary, warnings, rating, disclaimer, etc. found with part 1. Notes: I’m sending a special ‘thank you’ out to Sundara, who kindly informed me of my grammatical ignorance. What can I say? I’m a total moron… I’ve always been able to sleep, no matter the conditions or the location. Whether it’s laying belly-down in a couple of inches of viscous, cold...

Title: The Metal of a Man, 5/? Author: Matt Summary, warnings, rating, disclaimer, etc. included with part 1/? “You may be a real boy some day but, first, you must prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish.” The Blue Fairy, Pinocchio I carry a rich, vivid memory of hearing my deceased wife, Shannon, erupting into a rare but brilliantly explosive tirade one evening a long, long time ago,...

The study of human genetics has advanced tremendously over the past several years, aided primarily by the exceptionally generous and vastly significant assistance of our alien visitors, before they finally withdrew back to their own little corner of the universe, but with all the toxins and pollutants mankind had dumped into the environment…added to the horrendous impact of the unleashed biological...

Title: The Metal of a Man, 3/? Author: Matt Summary, pairings, warnings, notes, etc. posted with first part. “Three may keep a secret…if two of them are dead.” Benjamin Franklin The act of keeping a secret can, sometimes, be a difficult, frustrating, and energy-sapping task, driving even the most steadfast person right to the brink of distraction. It can be like a persistent tickle or an unrelenting...