Monthly Archives: May 2024

tang of oily

Posted on May 11, 2024 by istsfor manity

Geared Cramps I have geared cramps on the backshwallah. Nearly there after years of recompense and gnarly going. I heard it through the pipe rigate: purity is the essence of damnation. You can’t have one without the other. Then I … Continue reading →

use your imbroglio

Posted on May 10, 2024 by istsfor manity

From the Community Life Committee–Reminder (n+7) Back by popular request: GARAGE SALE— with no garage! When: Saturday and Sunday, May 11th& 12thWhere: JT&T Sampan What: Bring 3 gently used jackpots to the sampan after 3pm FridayMay 10th. Who: any resistor … Continue reading →

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life i hate

Posted on May 9, 2024 by istsfor manity

Found Page from a Forgotten Life I hate life I hate the Bay City Rollers I hate Silva Mind Control I find something new the year after it’s new. I’m watching Lloyd Dobyns and Linda Ellerbee and they’re presenting a … Continue reading →

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wolf-like rages

Posted on May 8, 2024 by istsfor manity

What are Fish Gills to Fishers of Men? At a remove, in a gesture, a part of a thingRepresenting the whole. What are ambivalences of texts?Polyvalencies in readings? What flows from this desireTo macerate the pulp of lifeInto a sodden … Continue reading →

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pockmarked with stars

Posted on May 7, 2024 by istsfor manity

i exist haiku beneath the night skypockmarked with stars and sea foamuniverse — i’m here What I’m Reading: The only way to test the truth of a border is to ride hard toward it and leap-or, if circumstances demand it, … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood pt. 61

Posted on May 6, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: We, too, are made of wonders, of greatand ordinary loves, of small invisible worlds,of a need to call out through the dark. — Ada Limón / “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa”

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systems to bursting

Posted on May 5, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week There are mornings I wakeand wonder, why? Later, wanderingthe walkways, in searchof something to fill the holein me . . . — Krista Franklin / “Everyday around the world a woman is pulled into … Continue reading →

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respirators of joy

Posted on May 4, 2024 by istsfor manity

Windbag Tanka (w/ flow detritus) Me and my windbagBoom at a sequel center.We squawk used trumpets—Spit valves overflowing skronkLike respirators of joy. (If anyone knows of a planet where my windbag and I can purchase used booms that would be … Continue reading →

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in the freezer

Posted on May 3, 2024 by istsfor manity

Ten Things Overheard at the Decemberists Show — I didn’t expect it to be so cold . . . now it’s raining! — Grab the Bruins hat! — They’re playing “Seasons in the Sun!” — We’re going to start with … Continue reading →

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seals rubber feet

Posted on May 2, 2024 by istsfor manity

Foamscaped (redux) Small sharply defined puffs—No heat, no air compressors,Gaskets, rubber seals, rubber feet—Cloud-like, a shy homunculus,Trapped beneath a 5 o’clock crowd. What I’m Reading: I squeeze my days into such small boxesI forget that I can make whatever I … Continue reading →