Author Archives: istsfor manity

Strange Circle Sheet Cakes I says to him: “Remember to put your on mask before you go inside.” “What?” he says, and moves violently toward me. “This is not a test. This is all you get. Why not make the … Continue reading →

Embrace Those Demons Listen, Walter: 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 … Continue reading →

Mr. Heartbreak Yeah, my name’s Walter. I’m waiting for a pourboire for my opuscule. Not anything major, mind you, but something to make me feel like putting up with this indecency of a life is worth it. I plink on … Continue reading →

Recrudescence (haiku / 7.5.20) The marking of time Shelves away this fever dream The ichor of death “No more war, no more plague, only the dazed silence that follows the ceasing of the heavy guns; noiseless houses with the shades … Continue reading →

because america… (haiku / 7.4.20) plastic army men molten into balls of green hot and mottled death “Writers are solitaries by vocation and necessity. I sometimes think the test is not so much talent, which is not as rare as … Continue reading →

flarfish 26: kenning gatear May you take advantage of every new day as a beginning to leave every audience feeling Chastened by the Demons kenning in the gate ar-rays: Since their introduction in the field of programmable fun games close … Continue reading →

Ha 14 (erasure/blot) Before her intricate challenge for every pen in residence she decided to spend an hour each day gazing at religious paintings and began looking aha the ha an extreme connected by her close scrutiny the ha produced … Continue reading →

The Texture of Bodies His fragrance remained in the room when he left, and she picked up notes of Ambien and gin. He turned into a dragon and blew smoke up his own ass: in this manner he floated away … Continue reading →

American Scree 19 (erasure / blot poem #66) He demons in language. During his compositions  not to cognition The letters instead The letters kind of flashy correspond to kind of potential colors, whose called for colors, high pitched evoke image … Continue reading →

raddle hose hazy (white out #35) “A plague is a formidable enemy, and is armed with terrors that every man is not sufficiently fortified to resist or prepared to stand the shock against.” — Daniel Defoe