deep in dis-ease

Posted on May 24, 2023 by istsfor manity

Interlude IV (Dis-ease+Water Tanka)

Lower the lifeboats—
We tread nose-deep in dis-ease—
Lifelines beyond us.
We roil dark water and sink.
The mermaids sing for no one.

What I’m Reading:

“I’ve spent my entire life living on a fault line / I know all that’s been made is inherently broken.”

— Jason Bayani / “Someday, Again”

About istsfor manity

i'm a truncated word-person looking for an assemblage of extracted teeth in a tent full of mosquitoes (and currently writing a novel without writing a novel word) and pulling nothing but the difficult out of the top hat while the bunny munches grass in the hallway. you might say: i’m thee asynchronous voice over in search of a film....
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