u sleep here

to be thinkful

to feel something — anything
to be thinkful

to be thankful

to live a life worth living

u sleep here
u die there

to be thinkful

to think we can do better — to hope

one must imagine sisyphus happy

(as happy as a turkey on thanksgiving)

What I’m Reading:

Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison

Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum
Of challenge and danger

Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin
Leaving the carcasses to rot

Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes

Thanks for the American dream

To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through

— William S. Burroughs / “A Thanksgiving Prayer”

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About istsfor manity

i'm a truncated word-person looking for an assemblage of extracted teeth in a tent full of mosquitoes (and currently writing a novel without writing a novel word) and pulling nothing but the difficult out of the top hat while the bunny munches grass in the hallway. you might say: i’m thee asynchronous voice over in search of a film....
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