Monthly Archives: February 2026

want them out

Posted on February 28, 2026 by istsfor manity

eyeless and unctuous take my eyesi want them out the colors blanchedit all went soft monsterseverything i saw lost its definition there is nothing worth seeing in this world now What I’m Reading: I bathed in a bathtub full of … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood pt. 122 (10 views from a frozen pond)

Posted on February 27, 2026 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “Every time it starts to snow, I would like to have sex. No matter if it is snowing lightly and unseriously, or snowing very seriously, well on into the night, I would like to stop whatever manifestation … Continue reading →

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your contours faint

Posted on February 26, 2026 by istsfor manity

darklight nightmare ii drag city intimacy clippedi look back at the wakeof my time there and seeonly the outlines of bioluminescencein the roil today, at 7:15, will be taxingdocuments of the trash city sicklike the light limning the outlineof the … Continue reading →

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is this on?

Posted on February 25, 2026 by istsfor manity

Mainlining Extinction (redux) An overheated tragedy unspoolingin a slow motion, so obscene—so perverse—in its deathly insistence,and the players moving aboutas if in a deep pool of molasses.What gives? Why this suicidal main-lining extinction by heat, drought,famine, forced migration, acidification & … Continue reading →

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in the void

Posted on February 24, 2026 by istsfor manity

Darklight Nightmare Flotilla face on the yardarm angles me grace in deliquescence. Crill face sanguinary acts without the bliss and bloom.  Wreck me a fantastic drool spanner in deep blue space. Deep sea snow is dying whales and jellies as … Continue reading →

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got shaking balconies

Posted on February 23, 2026 by istsfor manity

nor’easter apocalypse blues (tanka +) we’ve got thunder snowwe’ve got bombogenesiswe’ve got sideways snowwe’ve got blizzard conditionswe’ve got shaking balconies we’ve got 70-mile gusts‘ got 2 feet of snow forecast‘ icebergs in plymouth harbor . . . (we’ve got 18 … Continue reading →

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dagger be good

Posted on February 22, 2026 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week How could I forgive myself if I left you alone in the crowd. The sky rains downiron and the earth’s an old carpet getting shaken out. From the crowd, thehospital is far, the sky … Continue reading →

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empty banner eyes 

Posted on February 21, 2026 by istsfor manity

dystopiaville tanka dear leader unfurleda dystopian visionempty banner eyesswinging in the heartache windthis colorless cold drab day What I’m Reading: Life begins in darkness, where it belongs. There is only darkness, the natural state of all that is, so why … Continue reading →

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saggy orange kumquat

Posted on February 20, 2026 by istsfor manity

f*** ur tariffs! I live anachronistically. I be free in that manner. I like to write ungrammatically / seldom swing a red mark / because* I don’t prostate myself to red marks. I do not submit. I won’t entangle myself … Continue reading →

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and that’s ok

Posted on February 19, 2026 by istsfor manity

pedal and pedal not much to sayon new bike dayi just pedal and pedal awaylike old poor yorick we’ll be some dayso for today and some day far awayi’ll just pedal and pedal awayand seize the day and that’s okay(bike … Continue reading →

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