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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....

color or effort

Posted on January 18, 2023 by istsfor manity

strange abstraction paper cacheimpositionsand tessellations half-inchbyhalf-inch one sees neithercoloror effort in men What I’m Reading: “With all the love and respect in the world, this song is bullshit, a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human, and, well, … Continue reading →

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not to remember

Posted on January 17, 2023 by istsfor manity

haunted (found poem: erased manipulated & cut-up) selecta placehauntedspiritedimbuedwith days sticktimes and a noteof lightand sound shadowsomeoneand arise leave smellstextures phonea thoughtand memorythat sensorypockettalk afterwardcheckeverything youremembertry not to rememberjust observe What I’m Reading: “Saw sea waves rush ashoresome angry some … Continue reading →

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a euchre poultice

Posted on January 16, 2023 by istsfor manity

Email from the Northern Country @ N+14 Hi Neighbors! Do you know leeks? I would lump to start a coalfield fire that meets subterraneanly on occasion and smolders . I did this when I lived in Michigan—it’s a veritable furnace! … Continue reading →

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form of control

Posted on January 15, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Has your copay increased?Right hip stiffened?Has the shore risenas you closed up the shop?And have you put your weightbehind its glass door to keepthe ocean out? All of it?” — Solmaz Sharif / … Continue reading →

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this town was

Posted on January 14, 2023 by istsfor manity

sloughed (haiku) she sloughed off the past—this town was her place of birth,but she not of it.

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be just fine

Posted on January 13, 2023 by istsfor manity

Just Fine (haiku) Nothing understood,Nothing to rely upon—She would be just fine. What I’m Reading: “We are eroding. We are evolving. This is my mantra. The time has come to stop seeing ourselves as saviors and instead see ourselves as human beings … Continue reading →

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in (my) this neighborhood pt. 21

Posted on January 12, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “Because people are a nightmare. Any system predicated on the idea of innate human decency is a joke. We’re proving that now, as we have been for centuries. That hatred, that bigotry, that superstition, that deep, deep … Continue reading →

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continues to loop

Posted on January 11, 2023 by istsfor manity

Not Sure I am certain that it is the devil’s work, and the devil doesn’t speak English, so here I am studying Mandarin and I have no idea how this fortune cookie, which is written in Spanish, got here. I’m … Continue reading →

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eyes turned inward

Posted on January 10, 2023 by istsfor manity

death eyes (ukiah) eye had been given death eyesblack eyes turned inwardcoruscated eyes that burn What I’m Reading: “Was I sleeping while others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say … Continue reading →

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chimes our crimes

Posted on January 9, 2023 by istsfor manity

A Week One in a New Year (n+7) A red clove beatnikfalling against the snuffs— you delighted—look ready forour “do-come-in.” We take our timing, warm up for the dark, eyeing the cobblestones, boozers, scarves— four to six bridges, red flanges—the … Continue reading →

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