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....

spring a leak

Posted on October 23, 2024 by istsfor manity

fistfuls / fitful you warden through the forested nightmaresurrounded by the monstrosity of lifeunspooling / rewindingsynthesizing the daythe raw manifold: unfiltered disquiets / immersions / odorsawait you with dis-easea volcanic erosiona turnabout: eruption bedpans of seemschemers festooned in funksan ornate … Continue reading →

thee apocalyptic downpour

Posted on October 22, 2024 by istsfor manity

avuncular and antediluvian (redux) my four uncles speak of biblical rains:¡lo que viene por ahí! i’m conducting my cornu and sistrum bandwe make a heavenly racketthere is dispatch in our notesalacrity in our fingerssmell of ozone and electricity fill the … Continue reading →

on vitrine display

Posted on October 21, 2024 by istsfor manity

exploiter wrangles his tweeds see here thee arsehole of shamblesmesmerizing and haunting his possessivesparanoia flexing in bicentenary splendorhe’s mr. touchdown incandescencefrom exertion to everyday lift-off the crisp thrush of academic sentimentalitycomforts his tweedselbow patches as cemetery of heroismthee beautiful blighter … Continue reading →

my own corpse

Posted on October 20, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week You pride yourself on being a realist, I told myself, so face the facts. There’s been a coup, here in the United States, just as in times past in so many other countries. Any … Continue reading →

fascination and cupidity

Posted on October 19, 2024 by istsfor manity

unspool the tulip finally came out / this was an ingenuous hoist / powered by fairlight synthesizers and fogsmoke two-stud american amour full of resignation and striving / fascination and cupidity on matchstick wings / with a well-practiced press of … Continue reading →

unleashed as madness

Posted on October 18, 2024 by istsfor manity

the guano tanka ashtray nouveau mathgoldmines unleashed as madnessfingerpaint abstractsdeluges of sacred batsthe guano keeps on coming What I’m Reading: You, if no one else,will condemn with your tonguethe erosion each disappointment brings. — Tino Villanueva / “You, If No … Continue reading →

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here’s some balm

Posted on October 17, 2024 by istsfor manity

reign of imperfection la niña is coming / a perfect possum of a viper in the same northernmost armchair driven by a similar detail to carcass the roadsters and traipsers of rehearsals / rocky, barren lands imperative / vivid green … Continue reading →

by chance operation

Posted on October 16, 2024 by istsfor manity

Critical Focal Acuity (redux) (Fade In) -Series of found moving images as the film racks out of focus -Series of stills: long open highways receding into the horizon line; traffic jammed still; parking lots (these sequences without people in the … Continue reading →

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an entomophage pullulating

Posted on October 15, 2024 by istsfor manity

snouter i am a parasitic acarologisthosting a tick and a bacteriuman entomophage pullulating amongst legions of otherslooking for a parasitoid waspim a beaky toothed sort of snouterout and about for a ladybug finger or twothe dog never knew what hit … Continue reading →

with nefarious natterings

Posted on October 14, 2024 by istsfor manity

clang of bombs update dear sirs, please regard our mangrove from this promontory / premonitory backfilling will fracture pillars on monday / keep your sunday receipts beneath your oilskins / drone quintets will perform on contingency / feel free to … Continue reading →