Monthly Archives: August 2024

green felt tips

Posted on August 31, 2024 by istsfor manity

half-uttered dishwater homilies shaver of renowned swabsbring to the decimated homelandcommitted sobriquets and disguisesthe cupidity mechanismsthe mutilations of cupolas a menu of compass pointsone of the few mutineers of her soreswill perform and dishcloth the medallionof our 21st-century cesspit lives … Continue reading →

cupful of mutations

Posted on August 30, 2024 by istsfor manity

Chafed Homicides Tanka Discarded dust caps—Litter the darkrooms and halls—He’s face down in blood.Saint Cupful of Mutations:Keeper of chafed homicides. What I’m Reading: But trees have no interest in good and evil, insects and plant roots have no interest in … Continue reading →

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hon hon hook-up

Posted on August 29, 2024 by istsfor manity

What You Said What could I possibly say when you say (backhand): it’s you. I don’t know if you’re talking twang, talking to those radicals, or if you’re addressing me. Somehow, judging by the tonsure of your vole, I think … Continue reading →

fully automatic writing

Posted on August 28, 2024 by istsfor manity

A Weathercock in Her Occipital This is now. The last war on drumsticks was a war on fructification. It was fudge batty, it was fatty bruit. I fructified the crumb cross-question and I crossed my own patisserie when I got … Continue reading →

in my neighborhood pt. 76

Posted on August 27, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: I was born to be gigantic,said the violet flower that derailed me.this is a rumor, so there aren’tany rules to go with it. — Nora Claire Miller / “Rumor”

tenure of chaos

Posted on August 26, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read Last Week When I woke, the waves had gone black,turning over the maceratedcurd of the ocean bottom, heaving its sludgeonto the beach. — Cleopatra Mathis / “The Sea Chews Things Up” Sometimes they dream the same … Continue reading →

white cells sharpened

Posted on August 25, 2024 by istsfor manity

heavy sickness tanka virus multiplies—white cells, sharpened, overdrive—a heavy sicknessdescends like hot molasseson overtaxed wheezing lungs What I’m Reading: In one day, NBC, ABC and CBS spent almost as much time covering Jeff Bezos’s eleven-minute flight in his giant metal … Continue reading →

we’ll be back …

Posted on August 24, 2024 by istsfor manity

… soon with your regularly scheduled programming … What I Read (While I Was Battling Sickness): I’m an optimist for one single reason: you have a happier life. — Laurie Anderson / “Interview” / The Guardian

pull the wires

Posted on August 18, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Once you’ve pushed a system to its tipping point, you’ve removed all brakes. No exit. As one 500-page report recently put it, climate tipping points “pose some of the gravest threats faced by humanity.” … Continue reading →

the stone cool

Posted on August 17, 2024 by istsfor manity

offing blackout erasure redux What I’m Reading: I try to talkwith “I,” but “I” doesn’t trustme. “I” says I amslippery by nature. — Tori Derricotte / “Speculations about ‘I’”

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