Monthly Archives: October 2025

in this (my) neighborhood pt. 116 (6 views from a train)

Posted on October 21, 2025 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: I’m more pessimistic. I don’t think it’ll take 20 years. The Philippines gets an average of 20 typhoons every year. We’re watching islands sink, and yet the west is debating whether climate change even exists. I think … Continue reading →

these fanciful superimpositions

Posted on October 20, 2025 by istsfor manity

maladaptations i set myself on fire atop pottery shardsan incongruent sight on the public squarewhat corner have you backed into, huhi abraded my burns with salt before the machinesteamrolled me into the macadamim afraid i made up my mind fatalism … Continue reading →

what we control

Posted on October 19, 2025 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Most Germans in 1933, for example, were not psychopaths. So why did they vote for Hitler? Our tendency to summon powers we cannot control stems not from individual psychology but from the unique way … Continue reading →

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consorts to oblivion

Posted on October 18, 2025 by istsfor manity

the chaff eaters the sages touch upon ritual quarrels that invoke divine nests of bugger birds and brawny brigands / please bring entities to return faith in humanity ‘cause we’re bereft of sustenance and my breathing is labored / another … Continue reading →

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the dry cleaning

Posted on October 17, 2025 by istsfor manity

Primitive Trails From This Point Panda cycling and recycling, panda-demics, and panda demotics. Find yourself in the world of widespread fraud and plate tectonics in response to politic-tonics — those gestures and flourishes that are not of this society, of … Continue reading →

five words short

Posted on October 16, 2025 by istsfor manity

Billingsgate and Balderdash You are like the tuber of calcaneus, necessary but non-articulating. Without you there is no ambulating me… The things you’ve said to me in your gasps and low moans: “Starting rotation from blackbird…” “They transferred me to … Continue reading →

slogs knee deep

Posted on October 15, 2025 by istsfor manity

Today, The Past, and Some Night to Come He lives with ephemeral creatures beneath his feet and stanchions around his bed. A case study in diverting his elbow’s loose skin and the stubbing of his tender footing. In the darkness … Continue reading →

videograph your heartache

Posted on October 14, 2025 by istsfor manity

October Love (redux) A vibrant tuning fork in hand—This is normally a prime time for burrowing a hole in your heart. You tell me to videograph your heartache.You claim that this crowded urban area saps your optimism and your love … Continue reading →

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the sky congeals

Posted on October 13, 2025 by istsfor manity

fleeting arc a star’s fleeting arc across the nighta bright and obscene refulgencea cold relief buried in that errant eclipticit shapes itself as the sky congeals around it goes on to better thingsdoes not go on at allnow gone consumptivereductiveabsent … Continue reading →

life’s great lie

Posted on October 12, 2025 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Rather, the secret of our success is that we are talented at using information to connect lots of individuals. Unfortunately, this ability often goes hand in hand with believing in lies, errors, and fantasies. … Continue reading →