Monthly Archives: December 2023

flash at night

Posted on December 21, 2023 by istsfor manity

first night of winter (ukiah) darkness in the afterworldmuzzles flash at nightblack forest pierced by fireflies What I’m Reading: “Cold, moist, young phlegmy winter now doth lie In swaddling clouts, like new-born infancy;” — Anne Breadstreet / “Winter”

last 14 moonlights

Posted on December 20, 2023 by istsfor manity

Jiggle This is what I see as I screech this joyride. I take a photo because I prefer Icelandic volcanic fissures to insurrectionist former presidents or storm water floods. I’ve copy and pasted manifold eons there and here to improve … Continue reading →

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this is december

Posted on December 19, 2023 by istsfor manity

Gabardine Boyfriend A shadow holograph lives hereIt pulses enigma and gabardineHopes to obliterate allThere is no watcherThere is no horizonThere is no isThis is December What I’m Reading: “Is a thousand miles far enough to turn darkness into light?” — … Continue reading →

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this r.e.m. cycle

Posted on December 18, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Ballad of Baby Gumdrops X. Do you want baby gumdrops? Z. Do you want anything while I’m up? Y. It’s 72 degrees in here. Z. No, I don’t want baby gumdrops. Y. This here says a tree fell on … Continue reading →

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or less insane

Posted on December 17, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Something remarkable happens when you walk a long-distance path. I think you find an honesty that you don’t see in normal life. It unites those who walk in a sort of trail-induced euphoria … Continue reading →

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fool that expands

Posted on December 16, 2023 by istsfor manity

Dear Residents, Due to recent kitchen sink backups, this is a gentle reminder of what cannot go down the garbage disposal: Thank you for your cooperation and please contact the Management Office with ointment for any quintuplets. What I’m Reading: … Continue reading →

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keep the spoils

Posted on December 15, 2023 by istsfor manity

by doing so (tanka) bonus awarded—you get the prize, keep the spoils,i lose—get nothingin this manner life unspools—ouroboros unbroken What I’m Reading: “Right-wingers quote Orwell out of context to smear their enemies as fascists, and in the next breath laud … Continue reading →

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flood the shoreline

Posted on December 14, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Tug of Ghosts (redux) It seemed to her she was always leaving, or someone was leaving her. Her father disappeared one day when she was ten. Her mother disappeared into a fog of alcohol and mental illness the next … Continue reading →

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specializing in pedantics

Posted on December 13, 2023 by istsfor manity

Slightly Personal Personal Hello All! I named my nasturtium Christina—thee new respirator bullfrog! I am excited to introduce her. She graduated from Honeymoon Croupier Institute in 2019. And is currently pursuing a Nutcracker Prat, J.D. in Pedantics at U of … Continue reading →

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the breaking point

Posted on December 12, 2023 by istsfor manity

strained (haiku) gusts bend a palm tree—warp it to the breaking point—strained, the palm abides What I’m Reading: “Did I tell you? I come from a people of sculptorswhose masterpiece was rubble.” — Ocean Vuong / “Almost Human” / Time … Continue reading →