Monthly Archives: August 2023

anonymously we low

Posted on August 10, 2023 by istsfor manity

shoehorned headdress for a coupcoolness —- alien june airmother harangued into impromptuthree days —- nationalpiled into our small 800 milesdysfunction sloughs marriage at this 500th of a secondjune is inarticulatedefiles of the truthlike family mountains recede usgreens drain to greyanonymously … Continue reading →

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a low churning

Posted on August 9, 2023 by istsfor manity

aint we a thing delightful ive seen too much already+ i aint seen a thing drip drip dripo the blood in the system a constant huma low churning charnel house whirnight + day aint we a thingdelightful in hubris not … Continue reading →

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with the earth

Posted on August 8, 2023 by istsfor manity

we bl— we bleedwith alarming frequency we blisterunder the heat dome we bleatlike so many sheep we blunder+ blandish our lives away we bloatlike corpses we’ll soon be we blendwell with the earth What I’m Reading: “The shadow of the … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood (orion’s truck) pt.40

Posted on August 7, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “I gravitate toward fiction that some might call strange. I like stories that are free from the logic that governs our reality.” — Rebekah Bergman / “When Cause Doesn’t Follow Effect: How to Structure the Strange” / … Continue reading →

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spins so fast

Posted on August 6, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “We have a narrow window for change … and the projections from our research suggest that the window is closing fast.” — Climate Scientists at the SCAR Biology Symposium / “Antarctica’s heatwaves are … Continue reading →

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not my vertigo

Posted on August 5, 2023 by istsfor manity

Jump-Cut Check-Ins Check me out—Check me in… In the montage I ascend from the dashboard—depart on the window dressed of spaniels—and like the nude descending the staircase I’m aggrieved. For I know not where the primordial matter in the skin … Continue reading →

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diluting to hiss

Posted on August 4, 2023 by istsfor manity

eye see eye can see with new vision eye can see the division linesin the atmospherethe elemental lines that dividethis particle from thatthe swirls in spacethose lines which orderthe world + universeour perspective—mineanyway eye see the invisible bullseyethe lineations in … Continue reading →

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no one knows

Posted on August 3, 2023 by istsfor manity

Hostage (Ukiah / Recurring) Head bound with electric tape—Mario / hostage / Asphyxiates in the dark. A business deal gone sour?To this day, no one knows why. What I’m Reading: “I don’t believe in God. Can you understand that? Look … Continue reading →

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five views inside a canker

Posted on August 2, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “The darker picture is always the correct one. When you read the history of the world you are reading a saga of bloodshed and greed and folly the import of which is impossible to ignore. And yet … Continue reading →

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i am eye

Posted on August 1, 2023 by istsfor manity

/ + (soy yo autoretrato) I am the day’s encryption /I am nylon whir on fetid skronk /I am must + disequilibrium /I am growth opportunity /I am terror in the grass /I am green bastion in silence /I am … Continue reading →

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