The phrase “red dame” was actually the seed of this whole triplet. I was swapping palindromes with a lovely red-haired friend of mine, and paring this line down to four coherent words took over six hours. When it did finally “click,” it was more like an earthshaking ka-chunk.
About Author
J.B. Toner studied Literature at Thomas More College and holds a black belt in Ohana Kilohana Kenpo-Jujitsu. He has published two novels, Whisper Music and The Shoreless Sea, and innumerable shorter works. Toner lives and works in Massachusetts with his beautiful wife and their beloved daughters, Sonya Magdalena and Rebecca Eowyn.
