Monthly Archives: June 2022

i love you

Posted on June 10, 2022 by istsfor manity

Look Dearest Chunky . . . Look, I love you but you confound me with your densities and your spherical obloquies and your polyvalent arrowheads and pesky schemes. I implore you to modulate your frequencies and impractical maths . . … Continue reading →

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out of tune

Posted on June 9, 2022 by istsfor manity

State Religion We want a new state religion—without the state or the religion, just an extra dose of the thoughtless passion. When I arrive at the bottom of this page there will be thunder and earth-shuddering vibration—all the way down … Continue reading →

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of the lint

Posted on June 8, 2022 by istsfor manity

Two Versions of My Alleged Madness i. I ate your bonsai tree after you trimmed it and jumped on October 28, 1929. I practiced Iridology in the nude during alternating waning crescents of the moon during the Reagan presidency. In … Continue reading →

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take your spirochetes

Posted on June 7, 2022 by istsfor manity

Sleep Deprivation Intermediate Vector Dear Pizarro, I’m sitting down to write at 4am for the first time in three months (thereabouts) and I’m not considering flea infested furs. If you’ll deliver a plane load of cholera infected passengers to my … Continue reading →

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in deeper tones

Posted on June 6, 2022 by istsfor manity

Soft Beds The shallow coast has migrated to higher elevationsWe live in the time of burning landscapesRainforests to savannas in two easy daysThe grand ice shelves in five easy piecesWe’re on finite time and nothing unspoolsLike priorities heavily influenced by … Continue reading →

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was a mirage

Posted on June 5, 2022 by istsfor manity

Plague Rats Beget i. My ancestors crossedThe Sahara with rats plaguedRich with penury ii. My ancestors arrived in Spain in search of an oasis that was a mirage. The oasis would appear one-half-mile ahead beyond them, and at their arrival … Continue reading →

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watching them wriggle

Posted on June 4, 2022 by istsfor manity

Anoles (redux) We made snares from long grasses,We caught one in ten; thenWe prodded a bite andWe wore them as earrings. I pinched their their necks for dewlaps —Their red-ringed and speckled yellow arcs.You, transfixed, favored not color butTheir harrassed … Continue reading →

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calculus and impressment

Posted on June 3, 2022 by istsfor manity

Multivariables She delivered a dead man aboard pretending he was drunk. Otherwise, she delivered groceries ordered through an app. Though it must be said that she sometimes delivered blows to the head. The unsuspecting victims then became the next batch … Continue reading →

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spiral of disconnect

Posted on June 2, 2022 by istsfor manity

Disconnect Have you ever felt like a one trick pony?Have you ever seethed day in and day out? We screamed. We protested. We sat-in.We occupied. We are in a persistent somnolence—In a pathological spiral of disconnect. I can’t know what … Continue reading →

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this i learned

Posted on June 1, 2022 by istsfor manity

How To Hold A Belt While Beating A Human Being This I learned from my father . . . What I’m Reading: “… all of the want and suffering in the world—all of it—arises not from the earth’s inability to … Continue reading →

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