Author Archives: istsfor manity

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....

white dress shirt

Posted on October 12, 2021 by istsfor manity

Withers The image: a chipped tooth, a bloody mouth, a spray of bloody saliva that fans out onto your date’s white dress shirt. The instant that nervous smile withers on her face. That is my image, my few words for … Continue reading →

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deal with that

Posted on October 11, 2021 by istsfor manity

Letter Never Sent Dear X— Don’t fight the demons in your head—that will always be a losing proposition. You must realize the demons are there. The demons were invited in at an impressionable age and will always live in your … Continue reading →

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hard cover deeds

Posted on October 10, 2021 by istsfor manity

Softcover Words Read this “How to…” bookand communicate in softcover wordsyour hard cover deeds — herding sheep and goats,lying with packs of dogs,theorizing yersinia pestis theorems,and puzzling though a sheafof sanity assassins. Read about the coughingand sneezing of the infected.Eat stands … Continue reading →

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pocketful of prairie

Posted on October 9, 2021 by istsfor manity

Ringo Nuggets Haiku Voles strapped in for speedPocketful of prairie dogsWe’re going places “We’ve reached the precise moment when the fairies intervene, although only indirectly.” — Jose Saramago / The Lizard

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don’t disappoint anyone

Posted on October 8, 2021 by istsfor manity

Workshop Notes Various ideas for your book: Include a scene at a rheumy palace— Maybe adapt a scene from a nonfiction setting on shipwrecked cay. Maybe not. Use these words liberally:ablation; asperity; cassocks; chasubles; hooded cowls; astringent; incursive; afflux; minikin; … Continue reading →

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photographs plastic toys

Posted on October 7, 2021 by istsfor manity

the cult the leap— woodnailsstaplestapephotographsplastic toysfake flowerspaper “Frisky the Clown has a new act for the kids;He smothers them using foam.” — Kenneth Jarrett Singleton / “The Conceptual Circus”

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frozen in place

Posted on October 6, 2021 by istsfor manity

Affix Us (redux) A vicious penny farthing flashes across the window, as the dreadful coins are placed upon her eyes. The incantations from the holy man’s mouth sound like blaspheme as the sky grows bright outside. We move across the … Continue reading →

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propelling the day

Posted on October 5, 2021 by istsfor manity

Fingertips I’ve come untetheredThree days lost and out of sortsNow the correction Sitting on the trainThe snow blows blinding outsideHeavy wet and sad The Wailers’ singles in my earsProvide the syncopationPropelling the day On the balconyIn yellow afternoon lightA thrush … Continue reading →

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the action unspooling

Posted on October 4, 2021 by istsfor manity

Raw Manifold … let’s move on to dreams, phosphenes and the armatures and substructures that make up those worlds. Even in the most extreme and intense dreams one may see below the action unspooling in said dream narrative and peak … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood

Posted on October 3, 2021 by istsfor manity

“We rub blistersover billows of leaf smoke. Or stand alone,bagging gold for the cold days to come.” — David Baker / “Neighbors in October”

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