Author Archives: istsfor manity

Blockhead Relevance was not his strong suit. Assonance was a mildly strong point. And dissonance was his power alley. So he detuned his lyre and randomly plucked strings. He tuned his dulcimer to F sharp and struck it with claw … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Three things: I’ve never been toa funeral, a man is his ownprophet in the morning, a door floats above an endless horizon.But I have walked through hospice halls,I have stood at the edge of … Continue reading →

im a dream creep (redux) im a dream creep having bug dinner / making errant presentations in the round / converting pathological crab kids in love to arthritic husks / i tease a sickle / a cudgel / all show … Continue reading →

Epistemic Valve-u-later Insouciant pill pusher — writer of scrips intended to send me to oblivion, to live thee life of the lotus eaters. Dr. Closer — shutter of the epistemic valve — he wants me to live the limpid life … Continue reading →

Because the llama faltered The alpaca tycoon • modulus repairedTakes onto the hills • savage in sharpnessCritical focal acuity deglazed • warpingOn shadows like soft monsters unloosedIn the monochrome desert Avert your eyes as what you see is illusoryCircles of … Continue reading →

Alcoholics by Appointment Tectonic plates nimbly moving between the two of us — threads separated by upsetting intertitles.  I understood wanting — the fist unfoldings like investigating what I wanted from life. A propensity for unrelated stretches of boredom respectively … Continue reading →

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 discourse—An echolalia?The … Continue reading →

determinism2 (squared) the lifetime of a spratespecially a gourmet spratin the baltic waters off latviawhat to say?short? spry? sharp?a fishy kind of happy life?don’t askdon’t knowonce nettedhow tasty What I’m Reading: A group of migrantssewed their mouths shut at the … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week It turns out you can kill the earth,Crack it open like an egg.It turns out you can murder the sea,Poison your own childrenWithout even thinking about it. — Michael Sims / “Who Will Tell … Continue reading →

Asperity & Impermancence Excited sheep burning at the horizon line. We lord over the flame thrower, and we’re looking forward to seeing you! All wetness faraway.  A fine life lies ahead of you — so sign up for those knife … Continue reading →