Monthly Archives: June 2022

key of dada

Posted on June 20, 2022 by istsfor manity

Catafalque Tunes in 5/8 Time Catafalque tunes in mahogany time. Nothing sounds as it should. Dripping in the recessive notes of a palanquin juddering in a surreal signature. Come to think off it, father’s signature flew off the back of … Continue reading →

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hating myself long

Posted on June 19, 2022 by istsfor manity

Encomium (redux) I walk in circles gyring—elevating ever outward until I’m circumnavigating your boundless denigration. Deliver me—enervated—from invigoration as you deliver me from hating myself long enough to despise you. I’ve placed myself at this longitude so that I may … Continue reading →

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gravity is inescapable

Posted on June 18, 2022 by istsfor manity

Gravity is inescapable. Nothing makes sense. They’re trying to get in. Don’t let them in. What I’m Reading: “Expect society to be defective. Then weep when you findthat it is farmore defective than you imagined.” — Ron Padgett / “How … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood pt.12

Posted on June 17, 2022 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “The America I saw in the fall of 2021 was weary and battle-scarred. It’s sidewalks were cracked, it’s mailboxes bashed in.” — David Sedaris / “Lucky-Go-Happy”

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and now swimming

Posted on June 16, 2022 by istsfor manity

you’re in my system tanka floaters in my eyesminuscule liquidy sacscavorting beasties shrank yourself and now swimmingin plain sight—in my system What I’m Reading: “The warming of the planet is not waiting for consensus-building.” — Jeff Goddell / The Water … Continue reading →

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undammed and unheeded

Posted on June 15, 2022 by istsfor manity

a hatch the porousness of limestonea hatch of mayflies in junethe calf-height water undammed and unheeded the wall on the movea flash of scarlet tanagerthe rush of darkness What I’m Reading: “Here, youcan pay someone to clip offyour shadow and … Continue reading →

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why am i

Posted on June 14, 2022 by istsfor manity

seize a wave of misfiring synapseswhy am i hearing bellsseeing sparkles i no longer compute What I’m Listening To: “Far way out, you’re going to seeI’m a loss of faith, you’re a changed belief” — Poliça / “Lime Habit”

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the fire arrives

Posted on June 13, 2022 by istsfor manity

Cloud Shadows A smoke-choked sun recedesCloud shadows darken the hillBlacken the grass before the fireArrives—its ravenous destructionBefore the attendant rebirth What I’m Reading: “The sun so overpowering it is like nightin daytime. Seeing what I live withonly when my eyes … Continue reading →

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at nothing, nowhere

Posted on June 12, 2022 by istsfor manity

Arrow Haiku Fu (Close) My love for you is . . .A set of arrows pointingAt nothing, nowhere. What I’m Reading: “note found in cantonese fortune cookie:neruda slept here” — Wanda Coleman / “Neruda”

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grim

Posted on June 11, 2022 by istsfor manity

Grim Silence, failure. What I’m Reading: “If there is to be a livable and shared future on our planet, it will be a future offline.” — Jonathan Crary / “The Digital Age is Destroying Us”

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