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Flarfish 15: orogeny llamativo (Spanglish version) polyphase deformation, fold tectonics, schistosity o frutos llamativos que por su belleza presentaran alto potencial ornamental displacements in the inner orogenic domains associated with uplift of retroarc una previa glaciación del tipo alpino, la … Continue reading →

Humans Are Dumb Asses Petunia has a dream where she hides in her sister’s basement while her sister conducts a clandestine revolutionary meeting upstairs in the newly remodeled kitchen. Che Guevara and the Symbionese Liberation Army are in attendance. Hot … Continue reading →

Death in Spring The sheets of virus stop Quiet strafes the air Hubei or Lombardy New York or New Orleans The daffodils trumpet Death in Spring Death in Spring See those naked bodies Death in Spring “The truth is that … Continue reading →

Tough Times “I saw it with my own eyes” and “true fact” were her favorite pleonasms, and now I miss hearing them. There’s a hoot owl beyond this fringe of hickory trees that constantly sings these redundancies to me in … Continue reading →

1,362,863 Dreams I look aristocratic in my dalmatic, fringed with ermine and mink. I affect an Emperor Ming sort of mustache. I am merciless and I am soulless. Then Don Cornelius asks me to do the word scramble that spells … Continue reading →

Speak! Call for a Restart The cerulean welkin rang in the plenary session of geraniums (about to feast on saltimboca) to session as the ether-tinged clouds parted. Dutch masters buggered their tulip clippings before the opening of the futures market, … Continue reading →

Pandemic Laments My depression is deeper than yours. My existentialism is darker. You have Kierkegaard. I have Sartre. My nihilism is bleakest. I can’t imagine Sisyphus happy. “I, quite unexceptionally, distrust the publishing marketplace as saying anything about a person’s … Continue reading →

flarfish 2: three green plastic soldiers out front between four types of plastic army men, distinguished by  References; 5 external links… of two resources to build comrades, he carries a pair of G-1 plastic quart canteens, “green plastic army men” … Continue reading →

What Ails You? “Mama? What’s a welkin? Is that like a pickle?” “No, dear. It’s the vault of the sky. The firmament, you know?” “Is that like something permanent, Ma? “No… It’s Satan! Satan! Satan! Satan!” The clouds part and … Continue reading →

Elizabeth R. Fischer/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Rocky Mountain Laboratories   Pandemic Haiku 4 Sunlight sharp as nails Through the hospital window Reveals a black barb emarys / Getty “Humans have to realize they’re not individuals, but individual … Continue reading →