Monthly Archives: September 2021

i wonder i

Posted on September 20, 2021 by istsfor manity

Disappearer I make people disappear. Someone has to do it. The pay is excellent. Haven’t you ever wondered where all the people that disappear mysteriously go? I do too. I wonder where the kids and women — it’s mostly kids … Continue reading →

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stop gap measure

Posted on September 19, 2021 by istsfor manity

stop gap stop. xxxxxxx gap. here is a stop gap measure for the continuing plague xxx. xxx. xxx. “You see again how far awayevery thing is from every other thing.” — Louise Glück / “Telescope”

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in good cheer

Posted on September 18, 2021 by istsfor manity

a minor effort may lead to a sea change every transformation requires choice, effort, action tiger expressed herself in the most uncompromising way and chose to eat little piglet’s ear piglet offered up his knuckles and she had those too … Continue reading →

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whimper wimple woman

Posted on September 17, 2021 by istsfor manity

Like They was Family Whimper wimple woman, he said. This ain’t Asgard. He held a fork upright in his right hand—a knife in his left. I want to strangle you blue, she said. I’d like to see your eyes bulge … Continue reading →

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of seven planets

Posted on September 16, 2021 by istsfor manity

Dinnertime Blues Mother ate the moonTurned out the sky She stormed insideOpened her mouth Out came a stringOf seven planets Dinner was thrownInto darkness “Those were the days when a human being was something to be aspired to.” — Joy … Continue reading →

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modest pink blaze

Posted on September 15, 2021 by istsfor manity

Tuesday / Wednesday Tuesday: Happy Face I trap my shadow.I pin it by footpad to the concrete.I crush it. Last night’s mark,A happy face not yet faded,Smiles on the interior of my wrist. Happiness wanesAt the terminal pointOf the imagined … Continue reading →

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the hazy processes

Posted on September 14, 2021 by istsfor manity

trash dash: manhattan ii polyphonic dream visionsonorous in plastic tubinglimned transducers and sound scripturesin a garden of minimal fences sonic spaces expandfrom properties shapedof bird-like sounds the genesis of silver cloudsand chance-based tape collagessquall of rainforest insects and birds these … Continue reading →

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loses its tune

Posted on September 13, 2021 by istsfor manity

trash dash: manhattan iii behind me a college student tries to convince a young girl to elope the ritual of the second drink — demulcent for a moment — the argument loses its tune like a good many dinners in … Continue reading →

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of particulate love

Posted on September 12, 2021 by istsfor manity

Trash Dash Trash dash on a two hour meterA ham and cheese croissant and pilferYour heart which has grown fibrous —Dry and cleansed of particulate love —Full of granular lunacy and roilingPathic are your howls as I leverageMy full weight … Continue reading →

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after every visit

Posted on September 11, 2021 by istsfor manity

Distortion Poetics Distortion principle no. 1: avoid distortion. Distortion principle no. 2: defenestrate (often). Distortion principle no. 3: degauss after every visit to either of the poles. Distortion principle no. 4: cleanse fold and manipulate. Distortion principle no. 5: literature … Continue reading →

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