Tag Archives: Chance Operations

under the influence

Posted on May 6, 2022 by istsfor manity

Exophony Under the influence of another tongueUnder the influence of a glass in shardsUnder the influence of a perpetual pandemicUnder the influence of a second boosterUnder the influence of crass appealUnder the influence of social regressionUnder the influence of climate … Continue reading →

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while you sleep

Posted on May 5, 2022 by istsfor manity

Creases Sodden targetsIn an era of rampant mental illness.Loose lips sink shrinks.What have you tested for?The results remain the flame.You’ve received a phone callThat says you are loathed.A surveillance expert creasesYour papers while you sleep.You’ve been living undergroundFor two breathless … Continue reading →

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please move on

Posted on May 4, 2022 by istsfor manity

Press play button above to watch my short film Hair Shirt (:40) What I’m Reading: “Let the fog’s callsgo to voicemail. Tell the fogto eat shit, burn the fog’s letters.” — Ruth Madievsky / “Fog”

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your mystery date

Posted on April 29, 2022 by istsfor manity

Screen Saver Reverie This is a diagram of dashed hopes. This is a crash-dash bifurcation of the cerebrum. There is a disconnect here. This is suggestive of terrible things to come. Proof positive of all the damage incurred. Wondering what’s … Continue reading →

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use the skins

Posted on April 27, 2022 by istsfor manity

Excerpts from My Inbox A serious mistake was made giving less than 24 hours-notice … We have a cat and a charming baby … I would describe it as a dark comedy I suppose … Creamy white leather sofa–like new … Continue reading →

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truckfuls of trees

Posted on April 26, 2022 by istsfor manity

Immiserations Everyday Extinctions Covered in crudeBlack beachHell’s coast Truckfuls of treesClear cutDenuded forest Rich as Croesus What I’m Reading: “Deforestation currently adds about a billion tons of carbon to the atmosphere annually, which is twenty per cent or more of … Continue reading →

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new found vision

Posted on April 19, 2022 by istsfor manity

Lay Hands She woke up desirous of having acute control of mise en scène. She wanted to become a film director / cinematographer, and to live a future of more linearity and clarity. That night she explained her new found … Continue reading →

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move my pen

Posted on April 18, 2022 by istsfor manity

Loudmouth What can I offer? A warring world where life is bereft of meaning. Father on an amphetamine-fueled jag. Mother, a dark figure, a smoke-like wraith moving through the house. I stare and move my pen to the din of … Continue reading →

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this isn’t paradise

Posted on April 17, 2022 by istsfor manity

Phantom The amplitude of echoesFunction like a phantom limb Glucose seeps into the cellsSmell of white gas and charcoal A swale once full of shoulder depth snowDid you know Frazil are ice crystalsFormed in turbulent water, as in swiftStreams or … Continue reading →

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the upper bout

Posted on April 16, 2022 by istsfor manity

Finale of Seem (redux) It’s all about noise. About the back and forth of improvisational counterpoint — an F flat ostinato call here, an arpeggio of the B scale in response there… like the scale of wildfires and flash flood … Continue reading →

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